Thought it was father’s: Case at St. Columb Sessions: At St. Columb Petty Sessions on Tuesday, William J. Tresidder and Alfred E. Tresidder, brothers, Padstow, were charged with theft of a boat at St. Breock. Thos. Walter Key, Bodillick, St. Breock said his farm ran down to the River Camel. He had a boat in Pinsent Cove. He last saw it at 9.0 p.m. on 26th May. It was fastened 15th above high water for the purpose of being painted … … Defendant William said their father had a boat at Little Petherick Creek, but he had been unable to find it. The boat had gone adrift. This boat, they found had no name on it and as it looked like his father’s boat, he took it …
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