QSR1840/4/5/27

Depositions and examination - James Foxley

10 October 1840

From: 1840 To: 1840

George Attwood of Wobrun, innholder - the previous day 9 October he had a sale of his household furniture and had £25 in a book in his pocket. Being fatigued he went upstairs between 3 and 4pm and lay down for about 1/2 to 3/4 hour and went to sleep. He missed his pocket book after 6pm when his sister Eliza Atwood brought it to him and he found £20 had been taken. From information received he went to the house of James Foxley and found him and his wife in bed. He accused Foxley of taking the £20 (£10 and £5 Bank of England notes and a £5 Leighton Bank note) and he said he knew nothing about it. He called for a policeman. Foxley's wife begged him to say nothing about it and she would give him the money - she took it from under her pillows and gave it to Mr Stratfold who was with him. She said her husband had given it to her. Robert Collet Stratfold of Woburn, artist - he went with Mr Attwood to Foxley's house and confirms Attwood's evidence. Eliza Atwood - she was at her brother's house the previous day. About 5.30pm she went upstairs and saw Foxley coming out of a room in which her brother had been laying down a short time previously with a bedstead he had been taking down for a person who had bought it (there had been a sale of his household property because he was leaving the house). She stood near the window a few minutes. When she turned round she saw her brother's book lying in another part of the window. She took the book downstairs. At about 7pm she gave it to her brother, he opened it and found the £20 had been taken. James Foxley - he found the book in the window and opened it. A paper or two dropped into his hand. He put them into his pocket, shut the book up and laid it in the window. He went there to take down a bedstead for Mrs Green of Eversholt. He took another bedstead down afterwards for Mrs Green. When he got home he took the notes from his pocket and gave them to his wife. He told her the notes belonged to someone but he did not know who, or whether they were good or not. He told her to take care of them as they would "most likely be cried".

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Foxley, James,
Attwood, George,
Stratfold, Robert Collet,
Attwood, Eliza,
Green

WOBURN, EVERSHOLT, stealing, money, innholder, artist, household goods