'Catherine Flynn alias Elizabeth Nolan, Victorian Villains Series, oil on canvas, 100x80cm

Sentenced to 3 months hard labour for the theft of money, 1873/03/17

‘A woman named Catherine Flynn alias Elizabeth Nolan, was committed to prison for three months at the Newcastle Police Court, on Monday, on a charge of having stolen a sealskin purse from the person of George Foy, a recruiting sergeant from the Royal Marines, while in the Golden Lion Yard on Saturday night.’

Newcastle Courant, Friday March 21st, 1873

 

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