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QSR1850/4/5/13b/a
Title
Depositions Joseph Wilkes, straw plait dealer and Mary Tennant, single woman of Luton, in the case of James Haines charged with stealing a clasp knife
Date free text
17 September 1850
Production date
From: 1850 To: 1850
Scope and Content
Mary Tennant: on 16 September, James Bates came and asked if she wanted her chimney swept. She told him to return early next day. She heard the chimney being swept the next day, but was not downstairs. She later looked for her knife to use in the garden and it was gone. Joseph Wilkes: on searching the prisoner he found the knife. Mary Tennant has identified it as hers.
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