QSR1843/3/5/8

Depositions and examination - James Richardson

27 April 1843

From: 1843 To: 1843

John Farr of Fenlake in the parish of Cardington, vicutaller - he keeps the Anchor Public House at Fenlake. On Good Friday (April 14) he had a silver watch lying on a shelf above the chimney piece in the parlour. He saw it safe there at 4.40pm. He did not miss it until between 8 and 9pm.Richardson stopped at his house between 5 and 6pm with his horse and cart. Richardson remained at his house nearly 1/2 hour and during that time he was in and out of the parlour where the watch was. He only saw Richardson in once. Yesterday afternoon his missing watch was brought to him by Thomas Caulcot, who delivered it up to him. The watch now produced by Mr Jebbett is the same. There was a steel chain, 2 small gold rings, a seal and key attached to the watch when he last saw it. Thomas Caulcot of Upper Gravenhurst, sausage dealer - a week ago last Thursday (April 20) he saw Richardson in Mrs Holme's house at Pincheot Hall, the Bleeding Heart, in Ickleford (Herts). Richardson pulled a watch (the one now produced) from his pocket and asked if he would buy it for 15s. He asked if it was Richardson's own watch. Richardson said he had it to sell for another man. He agreed to buy it for 5s. He thought the watch was good for nothing because Richardson asked so little. He swapped the watch with William Redman of Wilshamstead for some meat and 12s. In consequence of what Redman informed him yesterday he received the watch chain and seal and key pack and repaid him 25s. He then went direct to Mr Farr and delivered the watch, chain, seal and key to him. He is sure they were the same batch(chain seal and key) that he bought from Richardson. There were no gold rings on the chain when he bought it. Henry Ison Jebbett, superintendent of police - from information he recieved last evening he apprehended Richardson at his father's house in the parish of Northill on a charge of stealing a watch from Mr Farr's public house. Caulcot and Farr were there with him and immediately recognized the prisoner. He brought him into custody and when he got to Farr's at Fenlake they went into the parlour and Farr stated in Richardson's hearing that when the watch was stolen there were too small gold rings to the chain which were then gone. Richardson replied that he had not taken them off but had sold the watch in the same stae it was when he took it out of the house. He was very sorry that it had hapened and it was the first time he was ever in troble.

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Richardson, James,
Farr, John,
Caulcot, Thomas,
Jebbett, Henry Ison,
Redman, William

Fenlake, CARDINGTON, Upper Gravenhurst, WILSHAMSTEAD, stealing, watches, victualler, police superintendent, Fenlake Anchor