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REMARKABLE CASE OF STEALING POTATOES

... footpgatli which crosses the field He thept perceivediaii ccii iato the tield sii riidcar enee to piull nli) oins 1r WalnI potatoes. lic pAVuceL tililll ill :a inside poeckst of his coat. rintl tiner sle topeaciidr W\~iles5 pstilacedtniii~ils a eld took ...

THE MYSTERIES OF THE BAKEDPOTATO TRADE

... paid 6s 6d for a sack of potatoes containing three bushels. There was very little profit in the sale of baked potatoes. The prisoner took over a third of a sack. Mr. Lane, in his -calculation, said a third of the sack of potatoes was worth is lOd, and yet ...

A NEW SYSTEM OF FORGERY AND FRAUD

... very successful in breaking up a very extensive gang of swindlers, whose principal trade was potatoes. He thought he had effectively put an end to the potato fraud, hut he was maistaken, as the following letter, addressed to his baitff, at Stoke-upon-Trent ...

A COOK AND HER DUTIES

... the potatoes herself unless she *ished. . Plaintiff, having given evidence, was cross- examined: She said she had cooked rice for the fowls before, but she would swear that she had never made a mash for a cow or the sow. She had not cooked potatoes for ...

EARNING THE CURSES OF THE POOR

... these he grows potatoes-all blighted. How is he to pay the November gale? Nay, how is he to live? Or take a batch of peasantry, who are being used like tea-leaves on a carpet, to clean a piece of hopeless land at 1 an acre. They live on potatoes, and their ...

FLOGGING INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL GIRLS

... AND THE POTATO TRADE.-A correspondeltwrites: Owing to the state of the potato market in London, some extraordinary transactions have just taken place with some of the Fen farmers. Mr. Alderman, a Thorney farmer, sent thirty-five tons of potatoes of good ...

THE VIOLENT DEATH OF AN ITALIAN

... standing with la baked potato: -eanin -og'c-rosad, Chelsea On the 20th.nult,, :aecording to' statements made by -him- to his-landlord and, the polie, he was- going down King's-road- towards borne when .two men asked -him .for potatoes,.;which he scrved them ...

AN INHUMAN FATHER

... dearth of labour for potato picking in the Fens' continues, and every available woman and' child is 'being employed. At Long Sutton only seventy boys attended school last week out of 190, and are earning is. 9d. to 2s. per day in the potato fields. At the meejting ...

BAKED OR BOILED?

... baked potatoes? (Laughter.) Witness: I decline to answer. Mr. Avery: And defendant likes boiled potatoes? Witness: I decline to answer. Mr. Avery: On the day of the alleged assault you had roast mutton for dinner, and you wanted baked potatoes, and he ...

A CLERGYMAN CHARGED WITH SABBATHBREAKING

... Sunday, the 14th day of this E month. Was on the street of Beleoo on the morning of that o day. Saw the Rev. Mr. Jones digging potatoes in a field c convenient to the street. The ?? told him he n would summon him. There were two country-people also c preeent ...

The PATENT BREAD-MAKING COMPANY

... and the best potatoes. The Company are not sparing. They try to get the best materials. Potatoes are necessary in bread to keep, it moist. I was sent down to Brompton to examine some bread. which-had turned bad in consequence ot the potatoes being bad. ...

Published: Sunday 16 August 1863
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1572 | Page: 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

... of the potato disease altogether. The ptosoner said he wished to correct what had been stated. With respect to the potatoes, he had said that the bible had taught men to be discontented with the potatoes. God had sent them very good potatoes, but Jesus ...