QSR1849/3/5/4

Depositions of Jonathan Burrell, draper, Eliza Burrell, wife, James Wakenell, yeoman and boarder, William Pangbourn, police constable of Hitchin. To give evidence in the case of John Bunnage accused of stealing 20 yards of ribbon, 4 caps, and 2 yards of lace, property of Jonathan Burrell.

7 April 1849

From: 1849 To: 1849

Jonathan Burrell: attended market every day. On returning on 7 April, his servant Elizabeth Bunnage was being visited by her father John. Next day he was visited by William Pangbourn and asked to identify property as his own, which he did. Eliza Burrell: was in Birmingham on 7 April. She identifies the goods as that of herself and her husband. James Wakenell: was Master of the Hitchin Workhouse, where John Bunnage was an inmate. Bunnage had been given leave to visit his daughter in Luton. Next day on the way to chapel, Wakenell noticed John Bunnage's pocket bulging. He searched him and found the items listed. He said his daughter had given them to him. William Pangbourn: attended the workhouse to charge Bunnage. Bunnage told him the items were given to him by his daughter, for him to take to his son's wife. Statement of the accused - John Bunnage: stated his daughter Betsy had given him them to take to his son's wife in Hitchin.

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Bunnage, John,
Pangbourn, William,
Burrell, Eliza,
Burrell, Jonathan,
Wakenell, James

LUTON, Hitchin, Hitchin Market, stealing, ribbons, servant, linen draper, Master of the workhouse