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Depositionsof Samuel Samuels, shoemaker of Girtford, Isaac White, shop keeper of Biggleswade, Arthur Reid of Blunham, and William Hills, police constable of Blunham. In the case of Thomas Garratt & William Lovell of Sandy, accused of stealing a Copper

10 April 1851

From: 1851 To: 1851

Samuel Samuels: he occupies a barn near his house. About a month previous, he had seen his copper in the barn on pile of faggots. Around a week later, he saw it again in the barn. The barn door was kept shut but not locked. On 8 April, he went to the barn and missed the copper. The day morning, he went to Mr White's shop in Biggleswade who produced a piece of copper, which Samuels identified as part of his copper. Isaac White: an ironmonger and dealer of Biggleswade. On 8 April Arthur Reid came to his shop and offered him part of a copper for sale, which he purchased. He asked him where he had got it from. The Reid told him he had bought it from 2 men in Blunham. Arthur Reid: a dealer in Marine[?] stoves in Blunham. William Lovell and Thomas Garratt came to him said they had a little bit of copper to sell. He agreed to buy it, and the accused produced a whole copper. He gave them half a crown for it. Reid cut it up and took some of it to Mr White in Biggleswade and sold it to a young man in the shop. About a week later, he took the reminder to the shop and sold it to Mr White himself. William Hills: he apprehended both prisoners. Garratt said it was not copper but brass and Lovell said he knew nothing of it.

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Garratt, Thomas,
Lovell, William,
Samuels, Samuel,
White, Isaac,
Reid, Arthur,
Hills, William

Girtford, BIGGLESWADE, BLUNHAM, copper, shoemaker, shopkeeper, stealing