Alfred Thompson, of Desborough, grocer, was charged by
Rufus Tirrell
with getting into his house when the household was in bed, between 10 and 11
o'clock, for an unlawful purpose, on Saturday night. Tirrell said his wife
awoke him, saying there was somebody in the room. He got up, fetched a
light, and found Thompson, who was committed as a vagabond to the House of
Correction, to hard labour, for one fortnight.
Northampton Mercury,
Saturday 05 April 1851