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ARGES AGAINST A BRISTOL SERVANT.ALLEGED THEFT OF TWO BICYCLES AVO APIANO.At the Bristol Polipe-court yesterday {before M- p J. Worslry), Edith Cullimore, 20, was charged with stealing a bicycle, worth £8, the property of Heurv Haskins; another bicycle worth £8, the property of Daniel John Jones; and a piano of the value ofSLS; LMtir'1*lfeOT- •“•»*» »lt;*Frank Witt, pawnbroker, of C uni berk ni;r,f • Stoke S'Crott, stated that some time ago the piii,orlt;vrode a b.cvde up to tl.e door of his shop, tea inside, and said she wanted to pledge if. He asked her whether it was her own machine, and she said i*-time a cm: 4 beenSiven fe her by her sister a long£ ‘ 4hW6 lier namo as Cullimore, and her address as 35, CoLege-strcefc. She. said that she we.The mssie aC ‘ u !et hor have 305• for f iie bicvcie.The machine was subsequently redeemed by Iie~ ~ andpledged again twice. The last tinudhe^dfVo ids shop was on July 10, when lie let her have £2 under a special contract. The three months fixed by thecontract w,au.d not expire till October 10. and *u»^aV'? *even days;grace after that date.Ihc Magistrates Cierk observed tiiat if Dw |,ad ,])0a larcenv ‘V?** MU•* *•* v. ah „Detective Wall said that on September H e went with Detective bowler to 8. Caroline-row, KiL-^A-where lie saw (ho pruowv who i: *room Ha « j. a i ’ K ^dr ooQupyuvr a“liovdeiiyi VfpCtho*ler - lt;Hiu shouovden. i] then said, “ An#you married ^ -tA she replied “Yes.” I!e told her rfia7l4‘hd 4warrant tor lier arrest in the name of Cullimore Ho read die warrant to lier. cautioned lier and chargedher with steahng a bicycle sho i^dn’pA -l thechar^ n*rV V ;l‘aao no answer toui^ cnar^e. he told her lie should search the room and she then produced some pawn-tickcJ theduige was entered against her#stealing Mr Jones’^SFft.'S* I'i? hdiJ foSIICI t/IJrtO lltCI-A »¥nL„Ul.. *againthereahfttif-hZ wT iia naa ^ademqumeabout her, and had ascertained that she had been inot been in service sinei i dot- wint-trr*r.RauieJ/0li? JSncs’. bieyj^s' dealer, 79, St. Nicholas'S n* • U ^ laen(-ified one of the bicycle produced in court as his property. The prieoneborrowed it ot him for an hour’s ride during ib Easter holidays. She returned without the machineand said she was going on a tour, and asked if ]„ would lend her the machine tor. a week. Hi consented to let lier have the machine. She paid bin• ,°.r tle llouri alK‘ 7?. for the week. She kept tin machine another week, and paid him 3s. tkl. Shi tooK the machine awav again, and he had not seen i since. She represented herself to him as a fcChoogoverness. He gave information to tho police a bo u the machine before she was arrested. Jfe he-da'oi about giving information to the police, believing t.ha the prisoner was taking a cycling tour during tin school holidays. He never authorises her to 5*dclt; the machine. It cost him more than £7.rbe 5f®rsc of stealing the. pia.no was tlien taken I-rank Mitt, pawnbroker, edited that the prisone: came to his shop 011 April 15, and said she wanted tlt; pledge a piano, which she had at 35, College-streetferns wanted him to ret lier have £10 on it. He wenito see the piano first, and he saw on tiie door of tinhouse a brass piate with the name “Guliimore.”did iiot lotici! tho chiVe re nee between this name ancthat of Cullimore, which she gave him. He asked hejif her parents Bved there wit], her, and she said sh«was nvnig there with her uncle and aunt. The Dianesue said, was given her several years ago by h«mother* He made out a special contract note, whichshe signed, and he allowed lu-r £7, less the uctrnlch.nges, for the piano. '1 he piano had not beenredeemed, and the three months having expired; it bad been sold ior £7, * fArthur Cole, manager to Messrs. Thompson aud Sliackell, Limited, stated that on April 10 the prisoneicame to their premises in Newfoundland-road andsaid she wanted to nne a piano on their hire-purchase Sjatom --he signed m agreement, and paid 8s. on that date, giving her name and address as E.Cullimore, 35, College-street, and stating that she was a housekeeper to some old people who lived there. The piano was delivered, and she had made severalpayments since.Arthur Mar;stoae, van driver, proved the deliveryof the piano at 35, CoIIe^e^strcer, with*3CaSC °f til6 °tlier bic;cJe was tten ProceededJames Hammond, pawnbroker’s assistant, stated that, on July 24 the prisoner came to the shop aud said she had a bicycle that she wished to pledge. Hetold her that she might bring the receipt for the bicycle wnh her. She returned, ridingtlie machine, and _b.oug.it what she said was the receipt she had obtained when she purchased the machine of her cousin. Sue gave her name and address as Edithbmaiv, 44, Park-street. Be lent her £2 on themachine.Annie Haskins, wife of abicycledealer, of Grosvenor-road, said that on July 24 the prisoner, who ^ave the name oi Jiet, came to tlieir shop, and said she v/aoted to take an hour s riae. She selected akdy’s machine, paid *3., and went away, saying that she would be back m an hour. She did not return. The bicvcTe produced was her husband s property.The ease was adjourned till to-morrow.
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Bristol Times and Mirror
Bristol, Gloucestershire, GB
Mon, Sep 20, 1897
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