Reference
QSR1823/347-8
Title
Examinations and depositions: Information of Jn. Cutler, Gt. Barford, labr. Edw. Jeffries, same, yeoman, assaulted and beat him with a thick stick. He was about 19 years old and his mistress accused him of only half cleaning the knives. When he said he cleaned them as well as he could he was told to leave the kitchen but he said he would not until he had finished the cleaning, whereupon Edw. Jeffries, his master's brother, knocked him down on the floor three or four times with his fists, kicked him on the thighs and picked up a stick and beat him across the shoulders, saying "Damn you I will kill you". His younger brother Sam. Cutler came into the room but the beating was nearly over by then. Information of Sam. Cutler; heard his brother being beaten and begging for mercy. He ran into the house and saw his brother on the floor with blood under his jaw; Jeffries was saying "I'll kill him". He ran back to the stable and told his father who went into the house. Jeffries told him "he would serve him the same".
Date free text
1823
Production date
From: 1823 To: 1823
Language
English
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