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QSR1873/4/5/3
Title
Depositions and examination - Josiah otherwise Joseph Spacey of Milton Bryan, labourer, charged with attempting to have carnal knowledge of Jane Meakins, aged 5
Date free text
28 August 1873
Production date
From: 1873 To: 1873
Scope and Content
George Murphy of Milton Bryan, groom – he knows Josiah Spacey by sight. On Sunday 10 August between 12 and 1pm he was in the kitchen garden of the manor house by the side of the highway … [description of what he saw looking over the hedge] George Edmunds, police constable stationed at Potsgrove – on 26 August he apprehended Spacey on this charge on a warrant. Spacey said “I was doing nothing only tying up her shoelace”. Reuben Creamer of Milton Bryan, labourer – he married the mother of the child which is an illegitimate child. Her name is Jane Meakins. She was 5 years old on 3rd February. She always wears a pair of buttoned boots. Josiah otherwise Joseph Spacey - does not wish to say anything.
Reference
- QSR1873/4/4/3
- QSR1873/4/6/3
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