A Dishonest Servant: Sarah Snell, a domestic servant, about seventeen years of age, was brought up in custody charged with stealing a cloth jacket and waistband, the property of Mr. W. P. Snelling, of Market Street, and two falls, a piece of silk, and a chemise, the property Mrs. Pinsent, residing in the same house. The prisoner, who has been before the Bench on a previous occasion, had been in Mr. Snelling’s employ as a servant, and whilst in his house stole the various articles. Mrs. Snelling identified the articles produced by P.C. Grills, as did also Mrs. Pinsent. On being taken into custody, and whilst on her way to the police-station, a cloth jacket which she had concealed about her fell down and the officer once picked it up. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge and was remanded for sentence until Monday next.
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