>From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, January 20, 1889; Issue 2409. RAID ON THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING. - George BRIGGS, 10, and Joseph JONES, 9, were charged at Southwark police-court, on Wednesday, with breaking and entering into the dwelling-house of John Thomas CLEAVER, 20, East-street, Bermondsey, and stealing three live linnets in cages and other articles, value 15 shillings, the property of the prosecutor. About five o'clock on the morning of the 9th inst. the prisoners were found by the prosecutor asleep in his kitchen. He missed his birds, which they said another boy had taken. It further appeared that they had rummaged the cupboards, and helped themselves to bread and cheese and Christmas pudding. Mr. ROBINSON, Industrial School officer, told the magistrate that the prisoners were both bad boys, and Mr. SLADE ordered them to be sent to an industrial school.

Brilliant, I intend to put this in my Church's December Magazine!  I will acknowledge you as the finder Michael. <<G>>  Richard Brown Bromley, Kent U.K. ________________________________ From: "MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com" <MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com> To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 6 November, 2009 15:19:27 Subject: [SRY] BRIGGS, JONES, CLEAVER, ROBINSON and SLADE ( 1889 ) >From Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (  London, England ), Sunday, January 20, 1889; Issue 2409. RAID ON THE  CHRISTMAS PUDDING. -  George BRIGGS, 10, and Joseph JONES, 9, were charged  at Southwark police-court, on Wednesday, with breaking and entering into the  dwelling-house of John Thomas CLEAVER, 20, East-street, Bermondsey, and  stealing three live linnets in cages and other articles, value 15 shillings, the  property of the prosecutor. About five o'clock on the morning of the 9th inst.  the prisoners were found by the prosecutor asleep in his kitchen. He missed his  birds, which they said another boy had taken. It further appeared that they had  rummaged the cupboards, and helped themselves to bread and cheese and Christmas  pudding. Mr. ROBINSON, Industrial School officer, told the magistrate that  the prisoners were both bad boys, and Mr. SLADE ordered them to be sent to an  industrial school.  *************************************** Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. List Admin can be contacted at:  Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com.   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message