QSR1839/3/5/9

Depositions and examination - William Wells charged with assaulting Marianne Wells

22 May 1839

From: 1839 To: 1839

Marianne Wells, wife of William Wells of St John, Bedford, labourer - on Saturday night 18 May her husband William Wells struck her twice in the face and twice in her side. "He beats me because he says I am a witch and can put illness upon any body". He has frequently sworn he would kill her. William Wells - "I did it I know that and I have plenty of reason". William Coombs, chief constable of Bedford - heard William Wells say this morning that he would beat his wife "when he thought proper and would be damned to Hell if he would not kill her for all 'Tom Elgar' or any body else".

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Wells, Marianne,
Wells, William,
Coombs, William

Bedford St.John, domestic violence