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14th October 1860
Bicester Police Office, 14th October
An ungrateful pauper.
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Bicester Police Office, 14th October

14th October 1860

Before Captain Style, R.N. - Anthony Hine, sweep, of Piddington, late of Brill, was charged by Mr Joseph H. Mansell, master of the Bicester Union House, with having destroyed property, at the Union House. It appears Hine absconded from the Poor-house, and when punished for it, he avenged himself by breaking down doors, &c., and doing damage to the extent of 10s. Capt Style sent him to Oxford for 21 days.

Source: Bicester Herald, 18th October 1861.

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