QSR1842/3/5/31/b

Deposition (for the prisoner) of Mary Smith, wife of William Smith - Mary Night

19 May 1842

From: 1842 To: 1842

She travels with her husband. She knits caps and he sells them. She was at the Black Horse at Dunstable yesterday. At about 4 or 5pm she saw James Kempson and a woman, not the prisoner, drinking together. She saw them both go out together to a stable in the back yard. They were absent nearly 1/2 hour. The woman returned first and showed to the people present 2 half crowns, which she said she had taken out the man's pocket, and that there was more in it if she [Smith] liked to go and take it. She [Smith] said she had nothing to do with the man. The woman held the money in her left hand. She was a "tallish", stout woman.

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Night, Mary,
Kempson, James,
Smith, Mary,
Smith, William

DUNSTABLE, pickpocket, knitting, Dunstable Black Horse