SOPHIA GRAINGER

NORTHERN DAILY MAIL (HARTLEPOOL)
21 MAY 1886
TODAY AT STOCKTON POLICE COURT A WOMAN NAMED SOPHIA GRANGER, HAILING FROM MIDDLESBROUGH WAS CHARGED WITH STEALING, ON SATURDAY LAST,THREE BLANKETS AND A QUILT, THE PROPERTY OF DANIEL COBB OF 8 FINKLE STREET, WITH WHOM SHE HAD GONE TO LODGE. AS THE ACCUSED LEFT THE HOUSE SUDDENLY ON WEDNESDAY LAST, THE PROSECUTER HAD A LOOK ROUND AND FOUND THE ABOVE ARTICLES MISSING. HE GAVE INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THE THINGS WERE FOUND PLEDGED, SOME AT HYAM'S AND SOME AT HALL'S. SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY, AND FINED 10s 6d OR 14 DAYS.