QSR1881/4/5/3a

Depositions of Samuel Hayes, wheelwright of Wilden, Frederick Hayes, of Wilden and Abraham Kennedy, Superintendent of Police of Gadsley Street, St Paul, Bedford. In the case of Henry Whitbread accused of stealing a chemise

10 September 1881

From: 1881 To: 1881

Samuel Hayes: on 18 August he had some linen on the hedge by his house. He later missed a chemise from the hedge. Frederick Hayes: on 18 August he saw the prisoner outside Mr Smith’s washing his face. He then saw him remove something white from Mr Hayes hedge. He put it under his jacket and went away with it. Frederick Hayes followed the prisoner. Abraham Kennedy: Superintendent of Police. On 17 August he went to the Cock Lodging House at Allhallows in Bedford and found the prisoner in the yard. He apprehended the prisoner, who denied the charge. Three bundles were in the passage of the house and the prisoner confirmed they were his. One of the bundles contained a chemise and 2 pairs of stockings. The prisoner later said he had found the items on the roadside between Great Barford and Goldington.

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Whitbread, Henry,
Hayes, Samuel,
Hayes, Frederick,
Kennedy, Abraham

stealing, clothing, WILDEN, wheelwrights, Bedford Cock, Allhallows