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Examinations - William Mead charged with stealing 2 bushels and one peck fo a mixture of oats, split beans, chaff and bran, value 5s from William Carling at Luton on 17 December; John Fantham charged with receiving stolen goods

2 January 1871

From: 1871 To: 1871

William Mead – he always stopped at Fantham’s house to give his horses water and corn. He has often left his stuff there until he has come back from Luton. When he had got back he has got the corn and given his horses what they would eat. Fantham said he could leave a bit until he came another time and he has left it several times. He has never sold any to Fantham. John Fantham – that day when Mead left the corn he was talking to Robert Manning. Mead asked if he should leave it until he came back and he told him to throw it down anywhere. Mead never gave him any corn. The other corn stood in his bedroom in a sack. The under bedding was bad, the straw in the old mattress. His daughter said she’d rather have the sack of corn than the straw. He said she might so long as it was kept dry. The oats were some his “missus” gleaned and that he bought off the children in the harvest. He had it mixed together and put into the sacking.

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Mead, William,
Fantham, John,
Carling, William,
Manning, Robert

LUTON, STOPSLEY, Hitchin, stealing, oats, beans, bran, gleaning