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Depositions of Frances Annie Mackey of Markyate Street, Luton and Charles Panter, police officer of Caddington. In the case of Walter Seymour accused of stealing a book and silk handkerchief.

14 August 1882

From: 1882 To: 1882

Frances Annie Mackey: wife of Dr MacKey of Markyate Street. On 7 August about noon, she went into the stable and in the harness room, found a book called Hoods Comic Annual. She found the name of Dr Mackey erased and in its place written Walter Seymour of Markyate Street near Dunstable, Beds. She reported the matter to the police. The policeman searched Seymour’s room and found a silk handkerchief which belonged to her. Charles Panter: a police constable stationed at Caddington. He went to the house of Dr Mackey and searched Seymour’s bedroom. In his coat he found a handkerchief and a silver spoon. He asked the prisoner to account for them. The prisoner was charged and said that the handkerchief belonged to him but he had taken the book into the harness room and had scratched out Dr Mackey name, replacing it with his own. He had not taken the book from the premises through. The spoon he had found on a dung heap when he had been living with Mrs Cross at Markyate Street. Statement of the accused: he was not guilty of stealing the book and the pocket handkerchief.

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Seymour, Walter,
Mackey, Frances Annie,
Panter, Charles

stealing, handkerchief, book, Markyate Street