Alleged theft of Boots: At Hinckley Police Court today a young labourer named Walter Pinsent, of Leicester, was remanded in custody on a charge of stealing a pair of boots value 5s., the property of Harry Lucas of Hinckely Road, Earl Shilton, yesterday. P.C. Bakewell said the man told him he took them on the impulse of the moment. Supt. Rigby said it was desirable further enquiries should be made. Prisoner had been telling various tales and had been representing himself as a betting man who knew all the lasts in the stables.
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GRO0873 Tiverton: Walter Pinsent: 1897 – 1947