QSR1853/1/5/5a

Depositions of Richard Labrum, letter out of threshing machines and Elizabeth Sayell, widow of Leighton Buzzard. In the case of William Creamer accused of obtaining by false pretences a pint of beer, a pennyworth of bread and cheese and a pennyworth of tobacco.

27 October 1852

From: 1852 To: 1853

Richard Labrum: lived at Heath and Reach and let out threshing machines. On 23 October he was at the Boot public house in Leighton Buzzard, kept by Mrs Charlotte Gandy. She advised him that one of his men had been into the house the previous day and had a pint of beer, a pennyworth of bread and cheese and a pennyworth of tobacco in his name. He told her that his men were at work in Bickerings Park (10 miles from Leighton) and therefore could not have been at her house for beer. He had never employed the prisoner or authorised he have anything in his name. He did know of the prisoner, as he had worked for farmers with the threshing machine, but never for him. He was also told by Mrs Norris, of the Wheat sheaf in Woburn, that a pot of beer had been taken in his name on 6 October by a man named Creamer. He did not authorise Creamer to have the beer. Elizabeth Sayell: resided with her sister Charlotte Gandy, a widow, at the Boot public house in Leighton Buzzard. She would occasional serve in the bar. On 22 October, the prisoner who she knew nothing of came and asked for a pint of beer, a pennyworth of bread and cheese and a pennyworth of tobacco. He said he was working for Mr Labrum and it was to be charged to him. Mrs Gandy asked him, in her presence, if that was correct and he said 'yes'. Mr Labrum was known to her and so she allowed the prisoner the goods without payment. The following day she informed Mr Labrum of the circumstance and he said he had authorised nobody to use his name.Statement of the accused: nothing to say

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Creamer, William,
Gandy, Charlotte,
Sayell, Elizabeth,
Labrum, Richard,
Norris, William

HEATH & REACH, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, WOBURN, Woburn Wheatsheaf, Bickerings Park, Leighton Buzzard Boot, false pretences, beer, cheese, bread, tobacco, threshing