From the 1806 minutes of the Mountain Creek Baptist Church in Anderson, South Carolina:
Thomas McGregor made report to the church, that he had been drinking too much. And in the time of his drinking he took a pen knife off of the counter and put it in his pocket. And then denied that he had it until search was made and it found in his possession. But he made acknowledgment. And the church restored him.
Well, we all know what it’s like to drink too much and want your nighbor’s pen knife…
