QSR1843/1/5/48/b

Examination of Valentine Fosket of Stevington, labourer, charged with stealing a bag containing a quantity of tea and coffee from Christopher Smith Shannon

16 December 1842

From: 1842 To: 1843

When he went from his work he went to Stevington Town to have a pint of beer. After he had been in the house about 1/2 an hour this row began. When they began to make a disturbance he said he would be in place when there was a row and got up to leave. There was a goodish quantity of people in the passage. He took up his coat under his arm and went out into the street. He should say there were as many as 10 people outside and he stood and talked with them as much as 10 minutes. He knows none of their names. When a particular man he had been at work with came out he asked if the row was over. He said it was and he went back in again. When he returned Tompkins and these young men who own the parcel began the row again and the constable was sent for. The woman said she believed he was the man who stole the back but he was innocent of it and gave himself up to the constable in a minute.

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Fosket, Valentine,
Shannon, Christopher Smith,
Tomkins, Thomas

stealing, tea, coffee, STEVINGTON