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The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
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In Lancaster, Ohio, a horse was stolen from innkeeper William Trimble's stable on the night of October 21. The thief, a young man named Mitchell, was pursued, captured near St. Clairsville with the horse, tried the next day in common pleas court, pled guilty, and sentenced to three years' hard labor in the penitentiary.
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Quick Work with a Horse Thief.— On Sunday night, the 21st ult. a horse belonging to a traveller, was stolen out of the stable of William Trimble, Esq. Innkeeper near Lancaster.—The next day pursuit was made after the thief, and on the following Wednesday he was overtaken near St. Clairsville, and brought back with the horse. The court of common pleas for this county being in session, he was tried next day, and having pled guilty, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment in the penitentiary, at hard labor. He goes by the name of Mitchell, is not yet 20 years of age, and says his father lives near Beaver, Pa.
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Lancaster, Ohio
Event Date
Sunday Night, The 21st Ult.
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horse recovered; thief sentenced to three years imprisonment in the penitentiary, at hard labor.
Event Details
A horse belonging to a traveller was stolen from the stable of William Trimble, Esq., innkeeper near Lancaster, on Sunday night, the 21st ult. Pursuit was made the next day, and the thief was overtaken near St. Clairsville on the following Wednesday, brought back with the horse. With the court of common pleas in session, he was tried the next day, pled guilty, and sentenced.