Reference
QSR1823/388-389
Title
Examinations and depositions: Information of Thos. Scott, Dunstable, butcher. He had a pig stolen from his shop, and from information received he suspected Rich. Maddocks, Houghton Regis, labr. He had Maddocks arrested and searched the house of Thos. Allen where he found the pig in an upstairs room. Mary wife of Thos. Allen at first said it was pork they had bought from Leighton Market but afterwards said that Maddocks had brought it into the house. Information of Rich. Summerfield, Dunstable. Saw Maddocks, cross the road from Thos. Scott's house to the Church Lane. At the bottom of the lane he put something over the wall into his father's yard. Maddocks then asked him for "a leg up over the wall", to which Summerfield replied "I tell you what Dick I will have nothing to do with you" and they separated. Information of Wm. Fossey, Houghton Regis. He was present when Allen's wife said that Maddocks had brought the pork into the house. Letter from the magistrate or solicitor to the Clerk of the Peace on the case.
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1823
Production date
From: 1823 To: 1823
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