This Day’s Police: Town Hall: … Larceny from The Baths: Arthur Potterton 12 years of age, was charged with stealing a pocketknife, the property of John Pinsent, a boy 13 years of age, from the public baths on the previous Saturday. Complainant said that he missed the knife from his pocket and charged the defendant with stealing it. Defendant denied that he had done so and said that another boy had taken it. He stated in defense that he found the knife on the floor, and so many lads wanted it that he preferred to keep it himself until he found the rightful owner. The father of the boy having promised to administer necessary correction, the magistrates discharged him.
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GRO0516 Tiverton: John Arthur Pinsent: 1875 – 1942