Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Semple” in article pos=88 of The Daily Dispatch: July 2, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...as sold at public auction by the sheriff on Saturday, for inveterate vagrancy.
Andy Herod, jailer, became his purchaser at the sum of one dime, and will have an opportunity to get his money back by Semple 's services until the 1st of September next.
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