Hannah's stolen mare! (General)

by shepway @, Thursday, March 03, 2016, 14:23 (2975 days ago) @ smashton

This is a transcript of the newspaper report:
SHREWSBURY
CURIOUS CHARGE OF HORSE-STEALING - On Saturday, a man named Reuben Potter, a hawker and proprietor of several horses and carts, was charged on remand with stealing a mare, belonging to Hannah Rhodes, a widow, living at Westbury - Prosecutrix bought a mare from the prisoner, who afterwards advised her not to work it. He was allowed to try the mare in his own cart, but instead of returning it he left an almost valueless animal. - He was committed for trial.

He later appeared before the court and in the Eddowes’s Journal and General Advertiser of Shropshire dated 31 July 1878 it is reported that Reuben Potter was found guilty and sentenced to three months hard labour.

Mike


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