WXDA Record #443
No title.
7 September 1785
Summary
Woman named Davis "genteelly dressed" in "boy's apparel" robbed "Mr. W---" after lying in the same room as him and has been "taken into custody". This was at "Mrs. Bennet's, the sign of the Three Rabbits, on the Rumford Road." Arrested at the Mint, Southwark and "committed to Tothil-fields Bridewell" for theft of notes and cash. She has "visited a female convict in Newgate, to whom she has made a present of a pair of silver buckles." She is "extremely handsome" and "is connected with a numerous gang."
Full Title
7 Sep 1785. No title. Times p. 3 c. B.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 7 September 1785
- Provisional Category
- Criminal
- Cross-dressing activity
- Crime
- Cross-dressing occupation
- Thief
- Locations
- LondonView on mapThe MintView on map
- Primary source topic
- Dressed as a man
- Item format
- News report
- Motive
- Crime
- Discovery of cross-dressing
- Legal proceeding
- Attire
- Male garb
- Sex Perceived by Others
People Mentioned in This Record
- Davis(Subject of study)Mentions