A “Superstition,”
A charwoman, named Bennion, was charged at Chester police-court on Tueday with stealing two half-sovereigns from Mrs Richardson, of the Prince Alfred beer-house. Mrs Richardson placed £6 between mattresses in her bedroom, and was going to add to the store, when she found it gone. The prosecutrix, hearing that there was a person in Chester who could inform her who stole the cash, went to a certain Mrs Watson, who told her to look through a magnifying glass. She did, but saw nothing particular. Watson, who had in the meantime discovered that the prisoner had stolen the money, then informed her who the thief was, and she gave information to the police. In reply to the chief constable, Mrs .Richardson said she paid Watson 6d for the information about the thief. The bench fined the prisoner 40s and costs, or fourteen days’ imprisonment.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 11, 5 July 1887, Page 4
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145A “Superstition,” Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 11, 5 July 1887, Page 4
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