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Depositions of John Cooper, yeoman of Lower Stondon. In the case of William Barker, George Tansley & George Smith accused stealing of a basket, a cloth and a piece of wrapping.

4 December 1851

From: 1851 To: 1852

John Cooper: lived at Lower Stondon. On 21 November he left in his hovel a cart in which he'd returned in from Shefford. In the cart was; a bag, which would hold 4 bushels and was almost full of beans and oats, a pack sheet, a small basket and a cloth in which he'd taken some butter to Shefford. The bag was marked with the name of Mr Powers of Stamford. In the morning, he found the oats and beans on the ground and the gates standing open. The bag, basket, sheet and cloth were missing. He saw John Arnold's cart standing in his hovel, loaded with potatoes in sacks. One of the sacks had been emptied and a few potatoes were lying on the floor.

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Barker, William,
Tansley, George,
Smith, George,
Cooper, John

SHILLINGTON, Lower Stondon, SHEFFORD, Stamford, stealing, potatoes, cloth