QSR1853/3/5/19/a

Depositions of John Neal, a minor, and Susannah Deacon, wife of James, and Thomas Brooker, police constable of Dunstable. In the case of Thomas Cook accused of stealing 2 wooden tubs.

23 June 1853

From: 1853 To: 1853

John Neal: an assistant to Mr John Langridge, a grocer of Dunstable. On 22 June he was showed 2 tubs but Constable Brooker which he believed to be his master’s property. He had put them in his master’s back yard about a week previous. Susannah Deacon: a married woman of Dunstable. On the morning of 22 June, she saw Thomas Cook go into Mr Langridge’s back yard. She saw him come out with 2 tubs. She challenged him but he went off with them. Thomas Brooker: he found Thomas Cook at the Cock beer shop at Dunstable. He was in the Tap room and the 2 tubs were standing outside the door. He asked Cook if they belonged to him and he said he had picked them up in the White Horse yard, which is the adjoining yard to Mr Langridge's. Cook was taken into custody.

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Cook, Thomas,
Deacon, Susannah,
Neal, John,
Deacon, James,
Brooker, Thomas

stealing, DUNSTABLE, Dunstable Cock