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John Evans person

born: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)died/dissolved: [1890-01-01,1891-01-01)🌐 Q1246324id: p_john-evans_674bff

also known as: John Evans

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Summary:  The tramp arrested for burglarizing the Pennington residence, given ninety days in county jail.
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arrested_for

burglary of Pennington residence1890-12-19
cited from Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on… (1890)
ay and remanded to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury and Constable Ownby started with him for Silver City that night. Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Tom Kennedy, of Lords- burg, for hors…
theft of $2.60 from Sunday school funds
cited from L… (1890)
the funds of the Sunday school of which Miss Mary is treasurer. This amount was $2.60, all in small change. The thief was finally arrested, and gave his name as John Evans. He was given ninety days in the county jail. From the December …
burglary of Edward Pennington's residence
cited from About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly… (1890)
About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly entered the residence of Edward Pennington, situated just above town. The house had been left alone for a short time, the entire family being down town. Miss Mary Pennington made discovery of the burglary…
burglary
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890)
ay and remanded to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury and Constable Ownby started with him for Silver City that night. Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Tom Kennedy, of Lords- burg, for hors…

sentenced_to

ninety days in county jail1890-12-19
cited from Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on… (1890)
ay and remanded to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury and Constable Ownby started with him for Silver City that night. Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Tom Kennedy, of Lords- burg, for hors…
ninety days in the county jail
cited from L… (1890)
the funds of the Sunday school of which Miss Mary is treasurer. This amount was $2.60, all in small change. The thief was finally arrested, and gave his name as John Evans. He was given ninety days in the county jail. From the December …
ninety days in county jail
cited from About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly… (1890)
About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly entered the residence of Edward Pennington, situated just above town. The house had been left alone for a short time, the entire family being down town. Miss Mary Pennington made discovery of the burglary…
ninety days in the county jail
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-11-28 (1890)
ay and remanded to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury and Constable Ownby started with him for Silver City that night. Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Tom Kennedy, of Lords- burg, for hors…

stole

cited from About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly… (1890)
About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly entered the residence of Edward Pennington, situated just above town. The house had been left alone for a short time, the entire family being down town. Miss Mary Pennington made discovery of the burglary…
cited from About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly… (1890)
About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly entered the residence of Edward Pennington, situated just above town. The house had been left alone for a short time, the entire family being down town. Miss Mary Pennington made discovery of the burglary…
cited from About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly… (1890)
About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly entered the residence of Edward Pennington, situated just above town. The house had been left alone for a short time, the entire family being down town. Miss Mary Pennington made discovery of the burglary…

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About noon last Wednesday a tramp forcibly…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain

Chauncey Nicholson, who was arrested on…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

L…

1890 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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