QSR1853/4/5/17/a

Depositions of John Hunter, of Luton and William Plenderleath, police constable of Luton. In the case of Charles Todd accused of stealing a cloth coat.

5 October 1853

From: 1853 To: 1853

John Hunter: on the morning of 12 September he hung up his coat in the passage of his house. That evening he missed it and did not see it again until produced by constable. He did not see the prisoner the day he missed the coat. There was a passage between his house and another. There was a pair of gloves in one of the pockets which belonged to his son. William Plenderleath: on 12 September, he took the prisoner into custody for begging at Luton. On searching the prisoner, he found the coat and he asked him how he came by it. The prisoner said he had been a sailor and it was given to him by a captain in the navy. He went to Bedford with the prisoner and when he was liberated on the charge of begging, he took him into custody on the charge of stealing the coat. The prisoner said “Lord help me, I’ll get transported. I’ll get 7 years”. He said he had taken the coat through want and he had gone to the relieving officer of the union that night wanting a ticket for the union but the relieving officer would not give him one.

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Todd, Charles,
Hunter, John,
Plenderleath, William

stealing, coat, LUTON