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Local History<br />
clothing and that his new master had given him a very good<br />
character. Mr Wilson declared that “There was no felonious<br />
carrying away”, and directed the jury to acquit the surprised<br />
George, to the annoyance of Hardy.<br />
Up before the Magistrate (originally an illustration by H Furniss<br />
of Dicken’s Artful Dodger)<br />
This new job gave George the relaunch he needed and before<br />
long he had found another fellmongering job in Beccles,<br />
probably at the huge tannery in Northgate and also acquired a<br />
new girlfriend, Elizabeth Cole (often written Coal), and<br />
together they established a new home for George’s surviving<br />
five children at 23 Fen Lane, Beccles. Elizabeth is referred to<br />
as a ‘housekeeper’ in the census of 1851 but she gave birth to<br />
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