QSR1840/3/5/28

Depositions - George Whitty charged with stealing a pair of ear drops from Susannah Robertson, spinster, and with stealing 4 halfpence from Charles Moss, widower, both of the Oak Inn, Biggleswade

4 June 1840

From: 1840 To: 1840

Charles Moss, innkeeper of Biggleswade - George Whitty has lived with him for the past 3 months as tap boy. As he had missed several trifling articles from his house lately, on Monday 1 June he marked 2 penny pieces and 12 halfpence and left them in one of his rooms in a box. The next morning he found 4 of the halfpence had been taken. He accused the boy George Whitty of having taken them and after some time he admitted this. Susannah Robertson, daughter-in-law of Mr Moss - she had a pair of ear drops which she received as a present some time ago, worth 4 to 6s. About 5 weeks ago she missed them and did not see them again until the superintendent of police brought them. John Keogh, superintendent of Bedfordshire Constabulary - from information received he went to a woman at Biggleswade named Louisa Butterworth and asked her to show him the ear drops she had recently got, and she produced those not produced and identified by Mr Moss's daughter in law. Louisa Butterworth stated she bought the ear drops from James Pepper, a lad in the town who said he bought them from George Whitty. Louisa Butterworth - stated that she bought the ear drops from James Pepper 3 weeks ago yesterday for 3 halfpence. James Pepper - stated he had bought the ear drops about 3 or 4 weeks ago from George Whitty for 4d. Whitty told him he had found them near Mr Bates' house.

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Whitty, George,
Moss, Charles,
Robertson, Susannah,
Keogh, John,
Butterworth, Louisa,
Pepper, James,
Bates

BIGGLESWADE, innkeeper, stealing, JEWELLERY, money