Notes for: George Hemington Harris
From the Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette, 14 Jan 1837:
Miriam Houghton, 24, was charged with stealing a damask tablecloth, a dozen bottles of wine, two pair of silk stockings, a white muslin collar, three printed books, and a pearl-handled kife, the property of Mr George Hemington Harris of Trumpington. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr Harris. . . Guilty -- 14 years transportation.
Another report of theft in 1829.
Huntingdon Bedford & Peterborough Gazette 9 Jun 1832:
An accident, attended with considerable damage done to the shop window fronts of Mr. White, Peas-hill, and Mr. Johnson, grocer, Market-hill, occurred yesterday afternoon. Whilst a porter was in the act of shooting coals into the cellar of Mr. Mortlock’s bank, some spirited horses in a waggon, belonging to Mr. Harris, of Trumpington, took fright, and rushed from Peas-hill towards the Market-hill; in the road taking the projection of Mr. White’s shop, shattering several panes of glass, and very narrowly escaped taking the whole corner of the double front. Mr. Bell, Union-street, had the presence of mind to rescue a child standing near, by pulling it into his shop, or inevitable destruction must have ensued. They then pursued their course towards Mr. Johnson’s, and did considerable damage there. Mr. Harris has liberally offered to discharge all damages sustained by the accident.