On This Day
On This Day, 28 June 1917
On 28, Jun 2017 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Mail
Thursday 28 June 1917
“TAUGHT TO PICK POCKETS”
A boy, aged eight, was before the magistrates in the Birmingham Children’s Court, today, charged with pocket-picking. When arrested by Detective Sterry he said, “Me and Sammy had six purses,” adding that the other boy “learnt him how to take purses.” In placing the lad on probation for two years, the Bench suggested that “Sammy” should be warned.
