HF147/6/1007 A-D

Information of Ann Darnell, servant for Mr Jennings of Millow Bury Farm, who accused James Davis of attempting to ravish her when she was out walking with Mr Jennings youngest child. She had met Eliza Jarman in the private road from the farm to the highroad. Davis had jumped out from under a hedge and put his arm around Darnell's neck. She said she pushed him away and she and Jarman had turned back towards the farm. Darnell gave the baby to Jarman and Davis caught Darnell, threw her to the ground and tried to ravish her. She denied keeping company with Davis over the past 12 months She said she had been in the Workhouse before going to work for Mr Jennings. Eliza Jarman's (living with her parents in one of the cottages on Millow Bury Farm) information was the same as Ann Darnell's. Letter from Thomas Stow of Millow Hall asking the Magistrates to deal leniently with James Davis as his mother was widowed and he was the sole maintenance she had. He knew that the girl had a 'very bad name' and had encouraged Davis to take liberties with her. He believed Davis to a be a 'thorough hardworking fellow'. Letter from James Kidman of Millow Hill Farm Dunton asking the Magistrates to be lenient with James Davis. He believed him to be an honest fellow, although 'very simple and ignorant' who had been 'encouraged and harboured in the master and mistress' absence' by Darnell. Case dismissed.

27 February 1876

From: 1876 To: 1876

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Davis, James,
Darnell, Ann,
Jarman, Eliza,
Jennings,
Kidman, James,
Stow, Thomas

sex crimes, Dunton Millow Hill Farm, Millow Bury Farm, Millow Hall