ALLEGED SHOP THEFT: At Hinckley Police Court to-day Walter Pinsent, 32, labourer of Stoughton-street Leicester was charged stealing a pair of boy’s boots valued at 5s belonging to Harry R. Lucas, fish fryer of 28 Hinckley Road Earl Shilton. P.C. Bakewell said was called to Mr. Lucas’s shop where Pinsent said, “I took on impulse of the moment.” Superintendent W C Rigby said that having regard to certain things Pinsent had said he felt it desirable that certain inquiries be made and asked for a remand. This was granted to-morrow week. Bail was refused.
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GRO0873 Tiverton: Walter Pinsent: 1897 – 1947