QSR1828/333-334

Deposition of Robert Brown of Dunton, farmer.

1828

From: 1828 To: 1828

Hired Henry Foby [Folbigg?] 'last wheat sowing ... Michaelmas last' as horsekeeper to him and his brother James Brown, with whom he is in partnership, at 6s per week to lodge but not board in the house, with milk and small beer. The following February Edward Jarman was also hired on similar terms. Brown brewed some strong beer which he put in the strong beer cellar, the two cellars being separated by a lathe and plaster division and a door which is kept locked and chained. The men had access to the small beer cellar but the brothers soon missed some strong beer. They could not find out how it went 'we turned away our maid servant thinking she had a hand in it, but still after she was gone the beer went away.' Some days later he heard a noise in the cellar at 4 a.m. 'I went there and saw Edward Jarman creeping through what I had thought to be a rat hole, through which I knew the cat used to creep.' Henry Foby was in the small beer cellar assisting Jarman. Robert Brown then called his brother down.

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Brown, Robert,
Brown, James (d),
Foby, Henry,
Folbigg, Henry,
Jarman, Edward

DUNTON, theft, beer