Sent to Gaol for Stealing Boots: Prisoner Pleads Influence of Beer: “I had had a drop of beer when I did it. I am sorry for it,” said Thomas Broadbent (49), labourer of no fixed abode, who was sentenced to seven days’ hard labour at Leicester City Police Court today for stealing a pair of boy’s boots worth 7s 11d belonging to Sarah Ann Pinsent, boot and shoe dealer, Hinckley Road Leicester. Sidney F. Sherwin said he saw Broadbent enter the shop. On emerging he tried to conceal the boots under his coat. Witness told a policeman. Broadbent, who pleaded guilty, had previous convictions.
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GRO0793 Tiverton: Sarah Ann Pinsent: 1866 – 1937