QSR1839/2/5/10

Depositions - Margaret Brittain charged with felony

8 April 1839

From: 1839 To: 1839

Sarah Woodham, wife of William Woodham of Streatley, farmer - Margaret Brittain was her servant and had been over 12 months in her service. She left on 28 February, leaving 2 boxes in the house - one locked and one nailed and corded. She missed a pair of sheets, a pair of worsted stockings, a shift, a ciphering book, 3 pieces of soap and other things. Her husband obtained a search warrant and found some of her things in one of the boxes. Thomas Snoxall, constable of Streatley - on 12 March went with a search warrant to the Woodhams' house and found the things produced in one of Margaret Brittain's boxes.

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Woodham, Sarah,
Woodham, William,
Brittain, Margaret,
Snoxall, Thomas

STREATLEY, theft, clothing, household goods