Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1840/1/5/46/d
  • Title
    Examination of Edward Millard the younger of Cranfield, charged with stealing a great coat from Thomas Stevens
  • Date free text
    2 November 1839
  • Production date
    From: 1839 To: 1840
  • Scope and Content
    When he went into the Swan yard at Biggleswade he hung his pony by the side of the wall on a hook, went into the House and told the ostler to get the other horse ready. After taking some brandy and water and paying for his horses he went out and told the ostler to bring his horses. He got on the grey pony, the ostler gave him the mare in his hand and "frit" (frightened) her out of the gateway after him. The ostler went round the corner towards Bedford with him and saw him off. He never went in the stable at all. When he was going along the road he overtook a man walking with a bundle. He had then changed the horses and was riding the mare instead of the pony. It was about 8pm. The man asked him to let him ride - he said he could ride the pony if he would, which he did. When they got to Cople he asked the man if he would stand treat - he said he had no money. When they got nearer to Cardington he asked if he would buy a great coat from him and a pair of breeches and a pair of shoes. The man asked 12s for the coat and shoes and 10s for the breeches. He said he would give him 10s for the coat and shoes but would not buy the breeches as he did not have enough money to pay for them. He paid the man a half sovereign. They never got off the horses - he looked at the things as they went along. The man rode with him as far as Cardington Cross and then went away. He never saw the man before and they never went into any house together. He stopped at Farr's at Fenlake and left the pony there because he could not get her along. He then got on his mare and rode to the Cherry Tree. When he got there he took his boots off and put on the shoes he had bought, put on the coat, and went up Town to buy some bran. He wore the coat openly up the town. He did not know the regular way from Biggleswade to Bedford and was obliged to inquire of the landlady at Biggleswade.
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