Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1853/4/5/14/a
  • Title
    Depositions of William Hill, bailiff of Tingrith, William Rogers, labourer of Tingrith, William Beal, labourer of Flitwick, Norman Snoxall, police constable of Luton, Edward Scott, police constable of Westoning, Henry Ison Jebbet, Superintendent of Police at Bedford, James Shrimpton, dealer in old iron of Luton, John Wright, shopkeeper of Luton, James Perry, labourer of Harlington and James Odell, labourer of Westoning. In the case of James Brinklow accused of stealing a quantity of lead.
  • Date free text
    3 October 1853
  • Production date
    From: 1853 To: 1853
  • Scope and Content
    Norman Snoxall: on the afternoon of 24 September he saw the accused in the yard of Mr Shrimpton in Luton. He saw him put a layer of lead into a bag. He went to him and asked him how it came into his possession. Brinklow swore at him and refused to say. As he suspected it stolen, Snoxall took him into custody. On the way to the station he received information that the prisoner had left more lead at Mr Wrights, so he called and collected a large quantity from Mr Wright. The prisoner declared it was his lead and that Snoxall had no business with it. The following Tuesday, Snoxall went to Tingrith and saw Mr Hill, who said he had missed some lead. Snoxall compared the remaining lead with the stolen lead and it matched. William Hill: he was in the employment of the mistresses Trevor; Mary, Elizabeth Jane & Catherine. There was a quantity of lead on their premises. He found there to be about 15 feet of lead missing. Snoxall brought a sample of the recovered lead, and it matched that missed. The prisoner had been working on the premises, close to where the lead had been lying. William Rogers: also employed by the mistresses Trevor. He was present when the stolen lead was compared to that left behind, and he saw that they matched. The prisoner had been working on the premises whilst the lead was been stripped from a building. William Beal: on 24 September he overtook James Brinklow and James Odell on the way to Luton. They went into Luton together and went to the beershop. Brinklow said he had some lead to sell and Brinklow asked the 2 men to help him carry it. The lead was at a little shop opposite the Two Brewer. Brinklow and Odell carried it to Mr Shrimpton’s and Brinklow asked him to buy the lead. Shrimpton would not buy it and he believed it stolen. Odell and Beal left Brinklow there. The lead had been in 2 bags. Edward Scott: [note in margin reads: on Sat Perry & Jas Odell were discharged out of custody and admitted as witnesses against Brinklow. This is a deposition of Scott’s and is not evidence against Brinklow]. On 27 September he took Perry into custody and told him he was charged with receiving lead, knowing it to be stolen. Perry said that he knew nothing of where it had come from. On the way to Luton, he said he had seen Brinklow and Brinklow had asked him to take some lead for him to Hitchin market. Perry said no as he was not going but he would be going to Luton Statute on would take it there for him. Perry said he was going to Brinklow’s mother to collect some apples and would collect the lead then. Perry said he met Brinklow at his mothers, and then went down to Brinklow’s house with his donkey and cart. Perry said he held the bag whilst Brinklow and his wife put in the lead. Perry took the lead home to Harlington and agreed to meet Perry the following Friday in the Two Brewers in Luton. Brinklow did not turn up so Perry asked the landlord for somewhere to leave the lead. There was nowhere so he left it with Mr Wright the grocer. When he saw Brinklow he told him it was at Mr Wright’s grocers shop. Scott also took James Odell into custody on 29 September at Ampthill. Odell said he did not steal the lead but had heard Brinklow ask Perry to take some lead to Hitchin for him. Odell slept at Brinklow’s house and accompanied him to Luton, where they overtook Beal at Sundon Park. They stopped at the Wrestlers beer shop and from there went to the Two Brewers where Brinklow left them, saying he was going to see about selling the lead. Brinklow returned and asked for assistance in carrying the lead to Mr Shrimipton’s. Mr Shrimpton did not want it. James Shrimpton: was approached by James Brinklow on 24 September and asked if he bought old lead. Shrimpton told him it depended on the sort of lead and he would need his name and abode to book it, as he was a stranger. Brinklow said he collected small pieces of lead house to house. Shrimpton questioned the source of the lead and refused to buy it. Brinklow took one of the bags away and returned for the other. When he returned he was taken into custody by the constable. John Wright: keeper of a little shop opposite the two Brewers at Luton. On the evening of 23 September, Perry came in and asked if he might leave a parcel in the house. He agreed and Perry went and fetched it. It was 2 bags. Perry told him a man would call for them the next day. Next day Brinklow collected the 2 parcels and whilst he was there, he was joined by Beal and Odell, and they took away the bags. Henry Ison Jebbett: he was conveying Brinklow from Bedford to Luton and in the course of conversation Brinklow said it was a very bad job. He expected to get 7 years and it was very hard to suffer when he had purchased the lead honestly. He said he had bought the lead from a man in a lane, in June. He had given about a penny a pound for it. Nobody else had been present and the man had been a stranger to him. James Perry: he had first spoken to Brinklow about the lead in the poor men’s gardens at Tingrith. He had asked if Perry was going to Hitchin market, and he had said no, but he was going to Luton Statute and would take the lead to sell there for him. He told Brinklow he was gong his way to collect some apples and so could collect the lead then. He collected the lead and agreed to meet Brinklow at Luton on the Friday. Brinklow did not meet him so he left the lead at Mr Wright’s shop. He told Mr Wright a man would call to collect it the next day. He saw Brinklow the next morning and told him when to collect the lead from. He had not seen Brinklow since. James Odell: he first heard the lead discussed in the poor men’s garden at Tingrith. Brinklow had asked if Perry was going to Hitchin market, and he had said no, but he was going to Luton Statute and would take the lead to sell there for him. The men agreed to meet at Luton on the Friday. On the Friday Brinklow said he was not going to Luton as it had got too late but would go the next morning. Odell slept at Brinklow’s that night and accompanied him to Luton the next day. They were joined by Beal at the top of Sundon Hill. They went to Luton together, first going to the Wrestler beer shop and then on to the Two Brewers. After having a pint of beer Brinklow said he would go and sell his lead and that they should stop there until he returned. Brinklow returned and asked for help in carrying the lead. They assisted Brinklow in taking the lead to Mr Shrimpton, who said he would not buy the lead and told Brinklow to take it off of his premises. Odell and Beal left Brinklow there.
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