Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter – Saturday 09 August 1890
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Stealing Radishes.—

At the Croydon County Bench on Thursday, before Sir Thomas Edridge and Mr. J. Cooper, Mary Ann Penfold and Eliza Harris, flower sellers, Half Acre-row, Mitcham, were charged with stealing radishes, the property of Wm. Muzen, at Mitcham.

– P.-c. Vine (47 W) said that six o’’clock on Wednesday evening he saw the prisoners pulling radishes in a field near St. John’’s-place, Church-road. As they admitted having no permission to do so he took them into custody. The radishes were produced, and were contained in a large basket and two large bundles.—

– Mrs. Penfold appeared and made a rambling statement about the radishes, saying that there were numbers of others picking radishes, but Vine only took the two prisoners. —Mrs. Harris also bore out this statement, and said the field was full children gathering radishes. —

– The prisoners were fined 2s. 6d., 2s. 6d. costs, and 3s., the value the radishes.

Notes

Should that be Mizen, not Muzen?