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done all in his power to get work. For several weeks 

 he had been laid up with an injured foot. The 

 prisoner : ' I have always been careful and saved, and 

 I don't drink, but all my savings have gone, and now 

 we have none.' Mr. Curtis- Bennett was evidently 

 moved by his story, and remanded him on bail for 

 inquiries." (" Birmingham Daily Post," August 24th, 

 1904.) 



" A sorrowful story was told in the Stepney 

 Coroner's Court on Saturday, where Mary Ann 

 Arnold, wan, pinched, pitiable-looking, gave evidence 

 as to the death of her husband, Charles Arnold, aged 

 65. Her husband, who formerly did odd jobs at 

 Billingsgate, had been ' very queer,' but they had no 

 money for a doctor. After leaving him half an hour 

 while she went in search of some cleaning work, she 

 found him dead in bed. Coroner : Did he drink ? 

 Oh no, sir, we had no money for drink. I have been 

 a teetotaller twenty-six years. Had he food enough? 

 Oh no, sir (weeping bitterly). I had to sell a picture 

 off the wall to buy our last meal (sensation). 

 Coroner : Here is 5s. to buy yourself food. Oh 

 thank you, sir, thank you. Why did you not seek 

 parish help ? I would sooner sell all I had and pray 

 to Almighty God to restore him. Another witness 

 deposed, amid renewed sensation, that the picture (for 

 which Mrs. Arnold got sixpence) was about ' the last 

 thing" she had in the house.' Dr. Habbijam said it 

 was undoubtedly a case of starvation, and the verdict 

 was ' Death from want of food and attention.' " (" Bir- 

 mingham Gazette," August 27th, 1904.) 



**A frail-looking woman, named Sarah Woodfield, 

 was charged at the Birmingham Police Court to-day 

 with attempting to commit suicide. An officer of the 

 D Division explained that prisoner had tried to 

 strangle herself with a piece of tape, and when 

 charged with the offence she made no reply. To-day, 



