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HSA1681/S/34
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Deposition: George Sam, Toddington, 26 March 1681. Suspects Roger Jenkins of theft of cock and hens, sacks of corn, wooden dish and spoon; sacks, dish and spoon were found with R.J. at Jn.Gurney's house. Roger Jenkins. Confesses he stole 1 sack of corn, dish and spoon and 1 hen from Geo.Sam's barn, but not other hens and the cock. The Information of George Sam of Hearn in the Parish of Tuddington in the County of Bedford taken upon oath before me St John Thomson one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the said County of Bedford on the six and twentieth day of March 1681 as followeth This Informant saith that on Monday and Tuesday night being the one and twentieth and two and twentieth dayes of this instant March he had feloniously taken from him several henes and one cock to the number of ten or twelve and that the Thursday night following he had feloniously taken from him one hen and two sacks both of them haveing some corne in them one of them had one bushell of corne left that night in it and that by his search by a warrant he had granted to him for that purpose, he found one Roger Jenkins in his naked bed in the house of John Gurney of Hockliffe in the County of Bedford and his two sacks with a little Barly in one sacke and a wadden dish and spoone which he had taken away with his sacks the same night and one of the sacks was bloody and had feathers in it and farther saith not. George Sam The Examination of Roger Jenkins taken before me St John Thomson one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Bedford on the six and twentieth day of March 1681 as followeth This Examinant confesseth that on Thursday night being the foure and twentieth day of March 1680 he did steale one sack with corne in it, one wadden dish and spoone out of the barn of George Sam of Hearn in the Parish of Tuddington and one Hen out of the roost, but for the rest of the henes and the cock he the said Roger Jenkins saith he never did see any of them and farther saith not. George Sam bound in twenty pounds to prosecute St John Thomson
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