Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1840/1/5/41/a
  • Title
    Depositions of Hannah Collings, Caroline Collings, William Collings and James Sherwood - William Jennings charged with uttering counterfeit coin
  • Date free text
    28 October 1839
  • Production date
    From: 1839 To: 1840
  • Scope and Content
    Hannah Collings of Leighton Buzzard, widow - she keeps a beer shop at Leighton Buzzard. Last Thursday 24 October which was Leighton fair, between 6 and 7pm Jennings came to her house and called for a pint of ale. He paid for it with a shilling and she gave him 9d. he called for another pint which her daughter drew and she gave her half a crown to pay for the beer. She laid 2s 3d on the talbe and Jenningts took it up. After that Jennings went out. In about half an hour he came in again, sat down in the Tap Room, and called for another pint, for which he paid with another half crown. She gave him 2s 3d change. Thomas Parrott and another came in with Jennings at first. They stayed in the house while Jennings went out and after he came in again they all went out tagether. Before they left her daughter gave her another half crown to pay for another pint of beer. She did not have enough change and borrowed a shilling from Joseph Reeve and gave it to her daughter who she saw give it to the man she did not know. She did not take any other half crowns that day, and she put the three upstairs in a drawer by themselves. Next day she heard bad money had been passed in the town and found all three half crowns were bad. She sent her son to William Jennings to make them good but he did not. While they were in the custody of the constable James Sherwood she put her private mark on them. Caroline Collings of Leighton Buzzard, spinster - daughter of Hannah Collings. Evidence as above. William Collings of Leighton Buzzard, butcher - on Friday his mother gave her 3 half crowns which she said were bad ones. He gave them to James Sherwood. James Sherwood, constable of Leighton Buzzard - last Friday night William Collings brought him 3 half crowns (now produced). He took them to Mrs Collings who put marks on them in his presence. He found the prisoner in bed at the Boot Public House. He appeared to be asleep and he had difficulty waking him. Joseph Reeve and Collings were there. He told Jennings he was taking him for passing bad money. Jennings said he would give what he had and hoped Reeve would be easy with him.
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