Further Inquiries: Labourer Remanded on Theft Charge: At Hinckley today, Walter Pinsent (32) of Stoughton Street, Leicester, was charged with stealing a pair of boy’s boots, worth 5s, from Harry R. Lucas, a fish fryer, of Hinckley Road, Earl Stilton. P.C. Bakewelll said he visited the shop and the prisoner had the shoes in a paper bag. He said, “I took them on the impulse of a moment.” Supt. Rigby said that from what he had been told by Lucas it was desirable that further inquiries should be made. Prisoner had been representing himself as a racing man who knew all the lads in the stables, and asked Lucas for some potatoes to take to them. Prisoner was remanded in custody for a week. He asked for bail on account of his wife’s illness, but Supt. Rigby said he was bound to oppose this.
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GRO0873 Tiverton: Walter Pinsent: 1897 – 1947