QSR1839/1/5/25/a

Deposition of Sophia Anne Squire, wife of John Burder Squire the younger of Eaton Socon - Catherine Deane, charged with felony.

28 November 1838

From: 1838 To: 1838

Lives at Cross Hall where her husband is a farmer. Catherine Deane was her servant. On Friday morning they left her in charge of the house. A chest of drawers in the bedroom was left closed but not locked. As a result of something she heard, on Monday morning she asked to see Catherine Deane's basket . They went upstairs into Catherine Deane's bedroom and emptied the basket onto the bed. In the basket she found a pocket handkerchief marked SS, a neck handkerchief, some pieces of ribbon and pieces of a [illeg.]. Catherine Deane at first claimed they were hers, but then admitted taking them.

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Deane, Catherine,
Squire, Sophia Ann,
Squire, John Burder

stealing, handkerchief, ribbons, EATON SOCON, Eaton Socon Cross Hall