Stole
'Trowsers' and Bacon:
James BROWN, 26, labr, committed the same day on two charges of felony;
the first for stealing a pair of trowsers on 1 December from shop of W.
HOLTUM, , and the second for stealing a piece of bacon from a shop of
J.R.USBORNE. Verdict: guilty. The prisoner was found guilty on the
second charge and sentenced, for the first offence, 6 months
imprisonment with hard labour for the second three months.
(Dover Telegraph 12 Jan 1839 p.8)) |