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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Romsey, England, a carpenter accused of stealing two cakes of chocolate from his employer falsely blamed a servant girl and cursed his right arm to lose use if guilty; it immediately became paralyzed and remains so.
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A few days since a carpenter, who was at work at a grocer's shop in Romsey, being suspected and accused of pilfering two cakes of chocolate, the property of his employer, with a view to exculpate himself, and throw the blame upon an innocent servant girl, who, he pretended, had slipped the same into his pocket, held forth his right arm, and, with many imprecations, wished that he might lose the use thereof, if guilty, when the arm suddenly became useless, and has remained so ever since.
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Romsey, England
Event Date
A Few Days Before Sept. 12
Outcome
carpenter's right arm became useless and has remained so
Event Details
A carpenter working at a grocer's shop in Romsey was suspected of pilfering two cakes of chocolate. To exculpate himself, he blamed an innocent servant girl, claiming she slipped them into his pocket. He held forth his right arm and, with imprecations, wished to lose its use if guilty; the arm suddenly became useless.