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Deposition of Abraham Fossey the younger of Kensworth, farmer, against Samuel Burman and John Taylor

25 October 1841

From: 1841 To: 1842

He had been in the habit of buying soot from Burman and Taylor. On Saturday morning he met them in the High Road in Kensworth near his house. Burman told him they had made 4 bushels of soot that morning. As it was between 8 and 9am he asked where they had been to get so much so early in the morning. One of them said they had been to Dunstable to sweep chimneys. He replied it was very early for Dunstable people to be up to have their chimneys swept. Soon after Mr Stone came to his house with the policeman and the two prisoners in custody. The soot was turned out of the sacks and at the bottom of one was some stubble. The paper now produced with a black edge was found in the sack which the prisoners said was their property.

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Burman, Samuel,
Taylor, John,
Stone, Jason,
Fossey, Abraham

DUNSTABLE, KENSWORTH, stealing, chimney sweep