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CHARGE OF STEALING FLOWERS.—Sarah Edith Westwood, a middle-aged woman, was brought up charged on suspicion with having stolen a quantity of flowers.
—The Chief-constable stated that the prisoner was met early that morning by Police-constable Newnes with a quantity of flowers in her possession, but the owner could not be discovered; therefore he was not able to proceed with the case. He might state, however, that the prisoner was once in a very good position, but had fallen considerably, and had undergone ten years’ penal servitude for fraud. It appeared that she had been lodging for a day or two at 125, Belle Vue, but was turned out on Wednesday night, and no doubt wandered about the streets till morning.
—Prisoner, who refused to go to the Workhouse, was discharged with a caution.
— Shrewsbury Chronicle, Friday 22 June 1894 source
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ALLEGED THEFT.
—Sarah Ada Westwood, who had been living at 125, Belle Vue Road, was brought up on suspicion of having stolen a quantity of flowers.
—The Chief Constable said defendant was met by Police-constable Newnes at 5-30 that morning with the flowers in her possession, but she would not give a satisfactory answer as to where she obtained them. The police had not been able to find an owner. The defendant had been in better circumstances, but lately had been leading a precarious existence.
—Defendant was discharged with a caution, and the Chief Constable was asked to communicate with her friends.
— Wellington Journal, Saturday 23 June 1894 source