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George Hart, bootmaker of Park Square, Luton, Charles Haines, police constable of Luton and Caroline Sworder, wife of Horace, of George Street, Luton. In the case of Henry George Bagshaw, accused of obtaining 2 pairs of ladies boots by false pretences.

11 August 1880

From: 1880 To: 1880

George Hart: a bootmaker of Park Square, Luton. On 7 August the prisoner came to the shop and asked for some boots for Mrs Horace Sworder to look at. He was given 4 pairs in boxes, tied together into a parcel. Bagshaw said he was taking them to Doctor Sworder’s wife, as he had been previously warned by the police, Hart sent his young man after him. In consequence of what the young man said, he gave the information to the police. Caroline Sworder: wife of Horace, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. She did not know the prisoner and had never given him instruction to go to Mr Hart’s for any boots. Charles Haines: police constable of Luton. On 7 August he went in search of the prisoner and found him at a public house in Dunstable. He was taken into custody and charged. The prisoner said that he had been in Bedford, not Luton. The prisoner had a parcel with hi which contained 4 pairs of boots. He claimed to be a boot hawker from Northampton. Asked where his license was, he said “It is no use denying it you have got your bird right enough I expected the finale would come and I am only surprised it did not come sooner”. He continued “I have been at this gem sometime”. He gave Haines his pocket book which contained 5 duplicates of pawn tickets, all for boots pledged and confessed to having obtained them all in the same way. Statement of the accused: nothing to say

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Bagshaw, Henry George,
Hart, George,
Haines, Charles,
Sworder, Caroline,
Sworder, Horace

Luton Park Square, Luton George Street, false pretences, boots