QSR1839/3/5/7/b

Examination - Samuel Dickinson, charged with stealing a mare from Richard Robinson

16 May 1839

From: 1839 To: 1839

Says he is not the person who stole the mare. He had not been to Bedford for 2 years. He was in Smithfield buying a horse last Friday and Green offered him a better one. He was to meet him on Tuesday morning at Luton. Corrected himself and said it should be Monday morning. They were to meet at 5am. Agreed a price of £25 with £5 payment followed by £1 a week, He asked for a receipt but Green said he could not give him one as there was no house open and promised to give him one next Friday.

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Dickinson, Samuel,
Robinson, Richard

horse theft, LUTON