Reference
QSR1823/266-8
Title
Examinations and depositions: Inf of Jn. Ireland, servant in husbandry to Rich Stone, Harlington. As he was going to milk his master's cows between four and five o'clock in the morning he noticed that a foddering fork, foddering line, part of a ladder and a rake were missing, later he informed his master. Inf. of Rich. Stone; he applied for a search warrant from Mr Reed and searched the house of James France but found nothing. Inf. of Eliz. Denton, Harlington. She was nursing Jas. France's wife in one of the poor houses at Harlington. She got up at 6 a.m. to "make my husband a mess before he went to work". She saw part of a ladder and a fork stale which Jas France cut up. When Mr. Stone was heard in the yard Mrs Francis ordered her to burn the wood and told her the fork tine and the foddering cord were in the bed. When Jas. France came back at night he took the fork tine and cord "from the straw bed" and took them away. Inf of Wm Russell, Harlington, constable; he found a fork tine in Bury Orchard and took it to the blacksmith and left it there for an owner. Further information of Rich. Stone; indentifies the fork tine. Further information of Jn. Ireland; identifies the fork tine.
Date free text
1823
Production date
From: 1823 To: 1823
Level of description
item