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to Henry Smith, an organ tuner, of 22 Victoria Road, 

 Kilburn. It was shown that the boy had no father, 

 and for certain reasons he, with his brothers and 

 sisters, had had to be taken from their mother. The 

 prisoner had been supported by Mrs. Goschen, the 

 wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had 

 been in the care of a person in the village of 

 Addington, near Croydon ; but he committed so many 

 thefts there that he had to be moved away from the 

 neighbourhood. He was then placed in the charge 

 of the prosecutor at Kilburn, the object being that 

 he should attend a school in connection with St. 

 Augustine's Church, and that the vicar, the Rev. Mr. 

 Kirkpatrick, would have him under his special care. 

 Since the prisoner had been at Kilburn he had 

 committed many thefts. A purse containing twelve 

 shillings was left on the kitchen dresser last Saturday 

 night, and, according to an explanation the prisoner 

 had himself given, he got up in the night, took the 

 purse, and buried it in the garden. On the following 

 day he was sent to church, and he then absconded, 

 taking the purse with him. The next that was heard 

 of him was from a telegram, saying that he had been 

 found loitering about the village at Addington, and 

 that some of the inhabitants had taken him in until 

 Mr. Smith fetched him. He was afterwards brought 

 back to London, and given into the custody of Detective 

 Langford. The conduct of the boy had been reported 

 to Mr. Kirkpatrick every quarter, and he was going 

 to place the facts of the case before Mrs. Goschen 

 shortly. Mr. de Rutzen remanded the boy to the 

 workhouse, in order that the reverend gentleman 

 might attend the Court." Times, January 7, 1891. 



