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Depostion of Lydia Evans, wife of John, yeoman of Royston. In the case of James Britton & Samuel Townsend the younger, accused of stealing 10 bushels of potatoes.

15 November 1851

From: 1851 To: 1851

Lydia Evans: lived with her husband John at Royston. On 12 November the prisoner bought about 7 bushels of potatoes to her house, for which she paid him. She gave a shilling a bushel. She put the potatoes in the cellar in the yard and told her husband of this on his return. There were no other potatoes in the cellar.

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Townsend, Samuel,
Britton, James,
Evans, Lydia,
Evans, John

POTTON, Royston, stealing, potatoes