"For He is an Englishman"
Item
- Title
- "For He is an Englishman"
- Source
- Richmond Dispatch {VA}
- Date
- 1900-01-27
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038614/1900-01-27/ed-1/?sp=3
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- Theft; Large Quantity Theft; Sugar
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victim
- Law enforcement involved
- Colonel
- Stage of the Legal System
- Crime
- Location
- In-State; VA
- Length of story
- 54 words
- Description
- Veteran John Cunningham, an Englishman, who served in the Confederate navy, testified to having seen Veteran Foster remove about 214 or 215 pounds of sugar from the home in two months, witness reported the theft, and Colonel Bigger changed the quarters of the accused that being the only punishment meted out to the man.
