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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], Shoplifting.--extraordinary case. (search)
Shoplifting.--extraordinary case. --Mrs. Burgett, represented as one of the most fashionable ladies in Chicago, was recently arrested for shoplifting, her elegant house being filled with costly dry goods, which she had stolen and secreted. The case excited profound interest from the standing and surroundings of Mrs. BurMrs. Burgett. She was promptly tried and convicted of grand larceny, and sentenced to the penitentiary.--She at first positively refused to go before the Court, and to avoid being taken by force she deliberately retired to bed in her cell. She finally consented to go in, after the rest of the prisoners had been sentenced and removed. is to be carried into effect may be extended from ten to thirty days, to allow her time to receiver and arrange it. The Court — Have you anything to say, Mrs. Burgett? Mrs. B. was about to rise, when her counsel advised her not to say anything, and she simply replied; I had wished to say something, but my counsel d