Benefactor Robbed: Two Months Hard Labour for Theft at Totnes: At Totnes to-day William Thomas Sculthorpe of no fixed abode was brought up on remand charged with stealing wearing apparel to the value £2 10s the property of William Henry Pinsent and Gerald Pinsent. It appeared from the evidence that the articles had been prepared at Riverside, Totnes, to be sent to the laundry. They were placed in a barn from which they were missed. Mr. W. Pinsent stated that he put the parcel in the barn for the laundry people collect. In October he met Sculthorpe, who said he could not keep his job at the cider stores unless he got rooms, and Mr. Pinsent allowed him to sleep in the barn. P.C. Northey gave evidence of seeing the defendant Templecloud Police-station, Somerset, where he said, “I sold some of the articles to a woman in Taunton for four shillings.” Defendant pleaded guilty. The mayor (Mr. J. N. Pewney), in inflicting a sentence of two months’ hard labour, said he considered Sculthorpe had behaved in a very shabby manner towards Mr. Pinsent.
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Referenced
GRO0366 Devonport: Gerald Swain Pinsent: 1904 – 1993
GRO0897 Devonport: William Henry Pinsent: 1874 – 1949 (?)