I told him I did not wear such things. He offered to buy me some like them, but this offer I also declined.
If I remember rightly, these things were the proceeds of a burglary at Hull, and I believe they have been given up to the police. I have since worn dresses that were stolen, but they have all been given up now to the police.
Mrs. Adamson went with him one day to look at a pawnbroker’s shop, into which she wanted him one night to force an entry, but the project never came to a head.
I believe he thought the premises whereon was so much valuable property were pretty sure to be watched.
Mrs. Adamson would have found means of getting rid of the spoil, but he never did enter the place.
I would rather not mention the name of the street in which the shop was situated.
After that he committed a great cloth robbery at one of the factories, and in the course of a week he went again and stole a great number of coats.
He brought several rolls of cloth and the coats to Mrs. Adamson, who disposed of a great portion of the property to persons whom one would have thought to be of unblemished respectability.
In June, 1877, Mrs. Adamson wanted some blankets, and Peace said he could get her any amount.
He went to get some, or, at any rate, to try, but was detected in the act of entering the house.