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Case File · Detective · No. 078
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The Sweetened Score at Copperbrook Green
≈ 4 min
Copperbrook Green wrapped up its Saturday market with the annual preserves contest, four jars of quince jam judged blind on scorecards taped to the awarding board. Just before the ribbon ceremony, steward Marian Hobbs noticed one card's total had been changed in a different ink — a 74 turned into a 94, vaulting a losing jar to first place. The judging was honest; the paper was not.
Subject
The Preserves Scorecard
Entry No. 3's official card, its point total altered from 74 to 94 to steal the blue ribbon.
The suspects
- Delia Fenwick — Contestant, Entry No. 3 (quince jam)
- Roy Amaday — Lead judge
- Priya Sekhon — Contestant, Entry No. 1 (quince jam)
- Marian Hobbs — Contest steward
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