QSR1842/4/5/27

Depositions and examination - William Cox

23 August 1842

From: 1842 To: 1842

Francis Ward of Ampthill, wheelwright - about 3 months ago he lost a screw vice. The screw vice now produced is his property. The vice had never been used by him or by anyone else off his premises. Edward Scott, police constable no.9 - Francis Ward came to him yesterday morning and asked him to go and search Ralph Jellis's house as he suspected his vice was there. He found the vice fastened to a bench in Jellis's workshop, which Ward recognised and said he could swear to it. He took the vice into his possession. He then went after Jellis and took him into custody. Jellis said he could easily clear himself as he had exchanged a vice for this one with William Cox. In his presence Cox said the vice they found at Jellis's was his and that Jellis had given him 2 shillings for it. William Cox - he knows nothing at all about it. He bought the vice from 2 travelling men who said they picked it up. He gave them 10 shillings for it and sold it to Ralph Jellis.

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Cox, William,
Ward, Francis,
Scott, Edward,
Jellis, Ralph

AMPTHILL, stealing, tools, wheelwright