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Depositions of Thomas Langley, Thomas Cockerill, and Walter Roberts, butcher, all of Biggleswade, in the case of William Walker & Charles Fox, accused of stealing potatoes

5 October 1850

From: 1850 To: 1850

Thomas Langley: was working in a garden and saw William Walker in Walter Robert's field. Walker was carrying a bag which appeared to be full. He put the bag in the ditch outside Robert's field. Charles Fox (Foxall) was in the road adjoining the field. Foxall then took the bag and left Walker in the road. Langley told Cockerill, who was also working in the garden what he had seen and together they went to Roberts’s field. As they approached Fox they saw him loading potatoes from a heap in the bag. One seeing them Fox ran away. On seeing Fox run, Walker also walked up the road. Langley and Cockerill approached the ditch and found about a bushel of potatoes. Thomas Cockerill: Langley called his attention to Walker in the road. He went with Langley to Walter Robert's field, and saw Fox (Foxall) at a heap of potatoes, filing abag. Fox ran away. They then went to the ditch and found about a bushel of potatoes. Walter Roberts: a butcher and gardener of Biggleswade. He is missing about 8 pecks of potatoes from his heap.

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Fox, Charles,
Walker, William,
Cockerill, Thomas,
Langley, Thomas,
Roberts, Walter

BIGGLESWADE, stealing, potatoes