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15/12/1904

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The annual Peterborough Christmas Fat Stock Show was held in the Cattle Market off the New Road in this week. Reports describe a very wet day - all day - but, in the true spirit of things, the show went on as usual. However, the show was not as large as previously, which was disappointing. The upside was that prices were consequently better than normal. Beef prices were singled out as being particularly good and contrasting very favourably with the low prices achieved just a few weeks previous. The champion bullock weighed in at 17.5cwt and fetched the very attractive price of £38 10s. (Northampton Mercury)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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1773

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Two men appeared at the Peterborough Quarter Sessions accused of breaking into a shop and stealing watches and clocks from the premises. The men appear to be career criminals, the first was entered as James Day, also known as 'Jas Nicholson, alias Castles, alias Glover, and Edw[ard] alias William Nicholson. They broke into Mr Noble's watch shop and stole '42 watches and 10 pairs of cases &c.' some of which they had with them when they were caught.

The trial lasted six hours, which was very long for the time, and reached a verdict that the men were 'guilty of the felony, but not of the burglary'. If they had been found guilty of stealing the watches they would have been hanged, but the judges were reluctant to sentence criminals to death; instead the two men were transported for seven years. In 1773 transported criminals were sent to America or the West Indies, the majority ending up in Maryland. The final fate of the men is not known.

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Derby Mercury, Friday 30th July 1773 p4 col 1

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