Worcester Herald
Saturday 31 January 1857
A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN
James HOLLEY, late of Stourbridge, was charged with stealing a waistcoat, value £3.6d. the property of ELLEN MORAN, A WIDOW, DEALER IN OLD CLOTHES, at Stourbridge.
The waistcoat was exposed at the shop door for sale on Wednesday morning, and was missed shortly afterwards.
The property was traced and found in the possession of a man named PERKIN, to whom the prison had sold it the same for 2s. stating that a Mr Hall of Amblecote, had given it to him.
The prisooner was in custody on a charge of vagrancy, when identified by Perkin.
The prisoner has been transported, and had obtained a ticket-of-leave, and the Bench committed him for trial.
