• Reference
    QSR1823/321
  • Title
    Deposition in the case against Edward Albone for theft of wheat. Examination of James Pestell of Radwell, Herts, miller
  • Date free text
    7 May 1823
  • Production date
    From: 1823 To: 1823
  • Scope and Content
    'I am a miller in the habits of buying corn I have examined the wheat found by Joseph Sale and also the wheat produced by Mr Pope and stated by him to have been taken from Mr Willis's Farm - they are precisely of the same description - excepting that the one found in the possession of the prisoner is mixed with Barley - I should have conceived both must originally have been taken from the same bulk - the wheat is of a particular kind and such as is seldom grown in this country.' Signed Jas Pestell.
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  • Level of description
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