QSR1842/4/5/39

Depositions - Ann Heaton, charged with stealing one sovereign, one half crown and three shillings from the person of John Rott

26 September 1842

From: 1842 To: 1842

John Rott of Kings Walden (Herts) - on Friday 23 September he was at Luton Statute and was going home about 9pm when the prisoner and another woman followed him down Park Street. They wanted him to go with them. He refused. The then hung about him and he desired them to go about their business. They left and when he felt to see if his money was safe he found he had lost a victoria sovereign from his waistcoat pocket, and a half crown and 3 shillings from his breeches pocket. He went after the two women, laid hold of Heaton and accused her of picking his pocket. She denied it. The other woman ran away. He took Heaton to the cage. Jane Smalley, wife of Henry Smalley, police constable - on Friday night Mr Rott brought the prisoner to the cage. She searched her and found half a crown and 3 shillings in silver in her pocket. She heard Heaton make a noise with her teeth as if she had something in her mouth. She told her husband to look in Heaton's mouth - he did so and found a victoria sovereign. The next morning she heard a man outside the cage. The prisoner told him to say she had the sovereign from Eaton and that it was a new one. Henry Smalley - on Friday night his wife told him Heaton had something in her mouth. He put his finger in and took out a victoria sovereign. Rott told him he had lost a victoria sovereign, a half crown and 3 shillings before he knew what had been found on her.

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Heaton, Ann,
Rott, John,
Smalley, Jane,
Smalley, Henry

LUTON, Kings Walden, Luton Park Street, pickpocket, fairs and markets