QSR1839/3/5/22

Examination and complaint of Susan Mann of Ampthill, singlewoman

27 June 1839

From: 1839 To: 1839

Last Thursday night she was walking with Thomas Warner, ostler of the Kings Arms Inn, Ampthill, when Joseph Read (a married man) asked her to go with him - she refused. He then seized her and dragged her over 100 yards and asked if she would come with him as she used to do. She refused - he threatened to drown her. Then said she would meet him again, but did not. On Saturday evening she was waking with Elizabeth Dennis and Ann Virgin - Joseph Read met her and dragged her into the entrance of the Red Lion public house and then into a little back yard against her wish. He threatened to shoot her if he saw her with any young man.

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Mann, Susan,
Read, Joseph,
Warner, Thomas,
Dennis, Elizabeth,
Virgin, Ann

AMPTHILL, threatening behaviour, Ampthill Kings Arms, Ampthill Red Lion, ostler