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...insistence that he and his wife had slept in the loft for weeks, Mary Squires, Mother Wells and all the household were carted off to jail. "The Bawd of Enfield" was branded on the thumb and let go, but Mary Squires was tried for her ten-shilling theft (of the stays) at the Old Bailey before Sir Crisp Gascoyne, Lord Mayor of London...
Refugee. In Lewiston, Idaho, after hiding in the hills for 13 years because he objected to Roosevelt's election in 1932, William C. Morland was arrested, charged with theft and draft evasion, informed there was a war on. Said Morland: "Who got us into that...
Slow Boil. In Birmingham, England, Jean Russell complained to the judge that her theft of two eggs had cost her 17 pounds-the ?10 sterling which she had been fined plus 7 lbs. in weight in stewing over her trial...
...National Museum's Director Augusto da Rocha. A tightfisted administrator (he slashed the museum's staff) and no patron of the local art mart, politically rightist da Rocha has long been at odds with most Argentine artists, who are largely left-of-liberal. The expertly executed theft might prove embarrassing enough to cost...
Esther Williams, 22, hazel-eyed, streamlined Hollywood aquabelle, became an unwitting accessory to crime last week when one Allen Artenchuck confessed the theft of six reels of Esther's film, Bathing Beauty, from a Brooklyn theater on the grounds that "Esther Williams is the most gorgeous creature I have ever seen. When I could not have her, I made up my mind to get the film...