QSR1882/2/5/9

Depositions of Isaac Sanders, farmer of Flitwick and Charles Osborn, police constable stationed at Westoning. In the case of Henry Brinkler accused of stealing a bushel of hay.

9 March 1882

From: 1882 To: 1882

Charles Osborn: a police constable stationed at Westoning. On 6 February, he was hiding in the closet on the farm of Isaac Sanders at Church End, Flitwick. About 7.15pm the prisoner came up his father’s field to a fence which adjoined Sander’s rick yard. Brinkler had a sack under his arm. Brinkler stopped about 3 yards from where Osborn was hiding. A minute later William Deacon came across the rick yard from the direction of the sheep yard. Brinkler gave him the sack and Deacon took it back to the sheep yard. He returned and gave Brinkler the sack over the fence. The sack had something in it. He turned on his light and said “hello Harry I have got you now”. Brinkler ran and dropped the sack. Osborn was unable to catch him but picked upthe sack finding it to contain hay. On returning to the rick yard he found Deacon to have gone. He later took Deacon and Brinkler in to custody. Brinkler said he had not stolen it and Deacon said he would not have got the hay had Brinkler not asked him to get it. Isaac Sanders: on 6 February, Deacon was in his employment as a shepherd. It was Deacon’s duty to be in the sheep yard feeding the sheep. The chaff produced is the same as used to feed the sheep. Sanders had directed the police constable to watch. Deacon came to him a few days later to apologies and to say he had taken the chaff as Brinkler had induced him to. He had previously cautioned Deacon of his intimacy with Brinkler. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Brinkler, Henry,
Sanders, Isaac,
Osborn, Charles

FLITWICK, Flitwick Church End, farmer, stealing, hay