Defendant: Hugh Hughes

Scope and Content

Hugh Hughes of High Street, Penmaenmawr charged with stealing of five pocket knives belonging to Francis David Chantrey, Ironmonger.

Witness statements from Arthur John Thompson, Manager with Mr. Chantrey and George Brookes.

Verdict: Guilty. Sentenced to be whipped with six strokes of a birch rod as he was a male under the age of fourteen.