QSR1841/2/5/2-3/b

Deposition of James Wild and Edward Joyce - Edward Underwood and Thomas Page

18 March 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

James Wild, policeman (Bedfordshire Rural Police No 10) - the previous day he went to the house of the prisoner Underwood in Millbrook at the direction of Mr Bates the superintendent. He found a small pocket book with a pawnbroker's duplicate instide. That morning he helped to search the porch of Millbrook Church and to convey the leather now produced, which Mr Spendelow says is his. Edward Joyce of Newport Pagnel (Bucks), pawnbroker and salesman - he has seen both the prisoners at his house several times. On 9th March they came together. Underwood offered the gun and asked for 3s 6d - he let him have only 1s 6d. Underwood also offered to sell him three pairs of shoes or half boots. He bought 2 pairs - one was the boy's pair now produced and the other was a small girl's pair. He gave 5s 6d for the two pairs. Underwood said he made them himself. The other pair were very large - Underwood said they were a misfit and were returned to him. Underwood said he was very badly off. He [Joyce] had since sold the girls' shoes. Page was with Underwood. He did not offer anything to pledge. Last Tuesday Samuel Spendelow came to him and described the gun and shoes. He showed them to Spendelow who identified them as his. When he offered money for the gun Underrwood asked Page if they should accept and Page agreed. They appeared to act together. His impression was that he was dealing with them both. The pawnbroker's duplicate produced by Wild is the one he gave Underwood.

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Underwood, Edward,
Page, Thomas,
Spendelow, Samuel,
Joyce, Edward,
Wild, James

MILLBROOK, Newport Pagnell, CHURCH, breaking & entering, pawnbroker, leather, guns, shoes