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Depositions - Thomas Hollen alias Allen charged with stealing part of the apron of a gig

5 August 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

Caroline Chapman of Luton, married woman - at about 11pm on Monday 2 August she was coming up Park Street Luton when she saw the prisoner in the Old Workhouse Yard doing something to the apron of a gig. She stopped and watched him. When he saw her he left the gig and walked up the yard. Henry Smalley, police constable of Luton - on Tuesday evening he heard that the apron of a gig belonging to Mr Oliver had been cut and from information received he took Thomas Hollen into custody. Yesterday Hollen admitted cutting the apron and told him the two pieces of leather were behind a box in Amos Webb's cellar. He went there and found them. The parts fit the gig apron. Samuel Oliver of Luton, linen draper - on Sunday 1 August the apron of his gig was quite safe. On Tuesday he found the apron cut and a part gone.

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Hollen, Thomas,
Allen, Thomas,
Chapman, Caroline,
Smalley, Henry,
Oliver, Samuel,
Webb, Amos

LUTON, Luton Park Street, stealing, leather, police constable, linen draper, gig