 | Andrew Wynter - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...were systematic and peculiar. " The sheriff gave an instance of a man who when drunk stole nothing but Bibles ; and he was transported for the seventh act...spades ; a woman stole nothing but shoes ; another stole nothing but shawls ; and there is a curious case, the indictment of which the sheriff sent me,... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...were systematic and peculiar. " The sheriff gave an instance of a man who when drunk stole nothing but Bibles; and he was transported for the seventh act of Bible stealing. Then another F 2 man stole nothing but spades ; a woman stole nothing but shoes ; another stole nothing but shawls;... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 1164
...of a man who when drunk stole nothing.but .bibles; he was an old soldier, wounded in the head. XVhen drunk, the objects of theft were always bibles, and...the seventh act of bible stealing. Then, another man etole nothing but spades, a woman stole nothing but shoes, another nothing but shawls ; and there was... | |
 | John Hutton Balfour Browne - 1880 - عدد الصفحات: 722
...an old soldier who had been wounded in the head: when drunk, the objects of his thieving propensity were always bibles, and he was transported for the seventh act of bible stealing. Then, according to Dr. Peddie, another stole nothing but spades; one woman nothing but shoes; another nothing... | |
 | 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...drunk, her invariable practice was to smash windows. Then there was a man, who, when drunk, •tole nothing but Bibles ; he was an old soldier, wounded...Bibles ; and he was transported for the seventh act of Bible-stealing. Then another man stole nothing but spades ; a woman stole nothing but shoes ; another,... | |
 | 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 738
...being drunk, and when drunk her invariable practice was to smash windows. Then there was a man, whowhen drunk, stole nothing but bibles. He was an old soldier,...transported for the seventh act of bible stealing. Another man stole nothing but spades; a woman nothing but shoes; another nothing but shawls; and there... | |
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Between the years 1844 and 1865 one woman was committed to prison 137 times for being drunk, and when drunk her invariable practice was to smash windows. Then there was a man who, when drunk, stole nothing but Bibles; he was an old soldier wounded in... 