QSR1839/3/5/11/a

Depositions and examination - David Sturges charged with felony

8 June 1839

From: 1839 To: 1839

Hannah Barnett of Keysoe, wife of Charles Barnett - missed her flour bag which had been laying on a sack of flour in her parlour. Next morning went with her husband and the constable to search Benjamin Sturges house as she suspected David Sturges who lodged there had stolen it. The constable found her bag there. Thomas Asher, constable of Keysoe - went with Charles Barnett and his wife to the house of Benjamin Sturges. Told Benjamin's wife what he was searching for and she showed it to him in the parlour. Hannah Barnett identified the bag as hers. David Sturges - nothing to say.

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Sturges, David,
Barnett, Hannah,
Barnett, Charles,
Sturges, Benjamin,
Asher, Thomas

KEYSOE, stealing, household goods