QSR1843/1/5/58/b

Deposition of Edward Jones the younger of Pickford Mills, Wheathampstead (Herts), papermaker - Joseph Fensom charged with stealing sacks

22 October 1842

From: 1842 To: 1843

On Thursday 20 October betwen 6 and 7am he saw some sacks lying behind the gate in the yard at his father's paper mills. He asked his father whether the man was waiting for them. His father said the man was gone on and would call as he came back. When the prisoner came back in the afternoon he took the sacks down the yard to the scale. His father cut the old sack they were in open. He went away a while and when he came back he saw the sacks lying opened in the yard. His father said "this is too bad is it not". He asked where the man was and his father said he was gone. His father told him to take the sacks away and lock them up. Before he left he heard his father tell Fensom that the sacks were too good to be destroyed and that he should keep them until he saw Mr Brown. His father asked Fensom to take a note to Mr Brown. Fensom said no, he would take one to the miller who sent the sacks. His father then said he should write to Mr Brown and would keep the sacks until he heard from him. Fensom called again on Friday morning asking for either the money or the sacks as the miller had told him Mr Brown had seen the sacks and they were all right. Fensom had not seen Mr Brown. He refused to let Fensom have either the money or the sacks.

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Fensom, Joseph,
Jones, Edward,
Brown, Richard Marks

stealing, paper mills, papermaker, miller, Wheathampstead