Newton Abbot: At the Town Hall, on Saturday, before J. Ingle, Esq., a labourer named Spires was charged with stealing coal from Mr. Pinsent. About 12 o’clock on the previous night, P.C. Skinner saw the prisoner carrying a bag containing something through the streets and upon making inquiries of him, the prisoner said it contained potatoes. The officer, feeling dissatisfied with the answer, examined the contents and found them to be coal, which had been taken from one of the marshes. He was committed for trial.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901