QSR1827/291

The information of William Hobbs of Toddington, butcher, regarding the theft of a duck and a drake

2 January 1827

From: 1827 To: 1827

The first day of January or early morning on the second day of January 1827, a duck and a drake, the property of the examinant were feloniously stolen and carried away from his slaughterhouse in the parish of Toddington - that the said duck and drake were locked up in said slaughterhouse that night the first day of January. The morning of the second day of January he found the lock of the door to his slaughterhouse forced and a young duck and drake had been stolen, he had suspicion that the said duck and drake were concealed in the premises of Edward Holmes of Toddington, labourer, and in concequence of such suspicion examined Edward Holmes's premises and there found the said duck and drake. The same duck and drake found on Edward Holmes's premises are the property of this examinant.

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Holmes, Edward,
Hobbs, William

TODDINGTON, theft, ducks