BorBF4/64/90

Michaelmas Sessions. Information in the case against Thomas Wilshere. Details given.

18 October 1819

From: 1819 To: 1819

- Thomas Masters of Potton says on his oath that he was informed that a granary in the yard of Messrs Green at Bedford had been broken open and some oats stolen. Idenitifies a sample of oats shown to him by constable Prior as from the same heap as he kept in the granary. - George Clifton of Bedford, baker, says that about 4 o'clock last Monday morning in White Horse Street, Mr Shelton came to him and said a man had gone into the White Horse yard with a sack on his back. A man came out of the yard and he followed him to Gravel Lane and saw him to be Thomas Wilshere. He went to the White Horse yard where Prior the constable joined him and found a sack of corn laid up in a corner. - Stephen Prior says that he was called up by Mr Robert Taylor. He went to the White Horse yard with Mr Taylor, Mr Shelton and Mr Clifton where he found the sack. He took a sample of the corn, having previously taken a sample from the heap in Mr Master's granary.

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Wilshire, Thomas,
Wilshere, Thomas,
Masters, Thomas,
Green,
Clifton, George,
Shelton,
Prior, Stephen,
Taylor, Robert,
Master

granary, oats, constable, baker, POTTON, Bedford White Horse Street