QSR1852/1/5/8

Depositions of William Breakwell, police constable of Sandy, George and Marianne Porter, baker of Sandy. In the case of William Jones, accused of stealing in a shop in the daytime.

27 November 1851

From: 1851 To: 1852

Marianne Porter: on 27 November, between noon and 1 o'clock, she was sat in the kitchen. She had a view of the shop through a glass door. She saw the prisoner walk into the shop and take a half quartern loaf off the counter and hide it under his coat. He walked away. She called after him but he would not stop. She called her husband who was in the garden, close to the back of the house and he followed the prisoner. (signed Mary Ann Porter) George Porter: he said that his wife is correct in what she stated. When she called him in the garden, she told him the way the prisoner had gone and a little boy pointed the prisoner out to him. He overtook him and found him eating half a quartern loaf. The accused had eaten the crust where the baker mark would have been, but he had no doubt it came from his shop. He handed the prisoner into the custody of PC Breakwell. William Breakwell: he received information of a robbery having taken place at Mr Porter's shop. He went in pursuit of the thief. He met Mr Porter brining back the accused. He took the prisoner into custody. One searching him he found the lower half of a quartern loaf. Jones acknowledged having taken the loaf due to hunger.Statement of William Jones: he declined to make any defence but acknowledged having committed the crime.

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Jones, William,
Breakwell, William,
Porter, Mary Ann,
Porter, George

SANDY, shops, stealing, baker