The case of Fanny and the salt pork
I’ve recently read a file of court appearances of Liddicoats in the 18th and 19th centuries. All the goodies are there – public whippings, hard labour, bastardy orders. Minor stuff, mostly – one arson earned a life sentence. There was a fight over a tin mine at one stage.
Several of the thefts were of meat or clothes. The case of Fanny was typical:
9 March 1841 Bodmin
Fanny, wife of Samuel Liddicoat of Truro, labourer; stealing pork and salt pork, value 2s., from James Mogg: one month’s hard labour.
FANNY LIDDICOAT, 44, was charged with having stolen a pound of salt pork from the shop of Mr. James MOGG, grocer of Truro.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is the wife of a labouring man, and the mother of eight children, had gone into the prosecutor’s shop to purchase some bacon, and while Mrs. Osborne, the shopman’s wife, was weighing the bacon, the prisoner was observed by Mr. Osborne to take up a piece of pork and put it into a basket under her cloak.
The shopman immediately sent for a constable, and had the prisoner taken into custody. She received a good character, and the jury, on finding her Guilty, recommended her to mercy.
Monotone Man
Can’t keep time, can’t hit notes, he’s the monotone man.
The world’s most boring video
iMovie can help you create some pretty interesting video. This is not an example of interesting video. In fact, it may be one of the least interesting videos in the world, ever. I suggest you watch if you need some sleep.
The Dynamic Duo
Matching hats, gloves, coats, scooters … I’m sure there’s a story about these competitive ladies in there somewhere.
Colour among the bland
A discarded glove on the walk around what’s open in the CBD.
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- Related: Christchurch’s National Library, 300 Manchester Street – the colourful history of a bland building.
Casiotone for the painfully alone: White Corolla
Nice. Breakdancing a bonus.
Oi you!
Oi you! was an urban art exhibition at Founder’s Park. This image was on a power box nearby.