Isabella McQue Alias Hubbart Arrested For Stealing A Sealskin Coat 18th February 1915Arrested at: North Shields Police Station
The Shields Daily News for 24 February 1915 reports:
THEFT OF A SEALSKIN COAT.
Today at North Shields, Isabella McQue or Hubbard (40) was charged with stealing an imitation sealskin coat, value £1 10s, the property of Cissie Diaz, 18 Mill Street, on January 14th.
The prosecutrix stated that on the date mentioned she met the prisoner in Duke Street, who told her that she had just come from Edinburgh. Witness took her into her own house and sent her on an errand. Witness then went into a neighbour’s house and looking out of the window saw the prisoner going along the street wearing the imitation sealskin coat. She gave information to the police. Emma Bell, second-hand dealer, said that a woman came to her shop a month ago with the coat produced and said she had been singing in the streets and a lady had given her the coat, but it was too showy and she asked witness to exchange it for another one. Witness did so, feeling sorry for the woman.
Detective Mason stated that he saw the accused at 40 Church Way and told her he was making enquiries about the stolen coat. She at first denied that she knew anything about it but afterwards said she stole it and left it at a second-hand shop on the road to Newcastle.
Accused made her 31st appearance. Since 1911, however, she had been in a situation at Edinburgh. She was committed for one month
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