Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1874/1/5/9-10/a
  • Title
    Depositions and examinations - Benjamin Rowe and Robert Sinfield of Battlesden, charged with stealing one live fowl from George Harris at Battlesden on 23 December 1873
  • Date free text
    1 January 1874
  • Production date
    From: 1873 To: 1874
  • Scope and Content
    Amelia Hack, wife of Joseph Hack of Chalgrave – last Tuesday about 6.30pm she saw 2 boys in the bake house. She believes them to be the two prisoners. Rowe had a live fowl in his hand. Rowe said he had bought the fowl. She said it was young ones he was to bring, not old hens. Sinfield said to Rowe “It is not an old one it it, it is not long you bought it of that chap”. Rowe replied “no”. She said she did not want it. Sinfield said they did not want to take it home again and wanted a shilling. He said they had younger, light ones at home and asked if she would have the. She said no and told him to come when Mr Hack was home. She gave one of the prisoners a shilling in coppers and told him to place the hen in a coop. They did so and left. She gave the hen up to PC Busby the following Tuesday. George Harris of Battlesden, farmer – Rowe and Sinfield have been in his employ. Las Tuesday evening 20 December PC Busby produced a dark brown hen to him which he believed to be his. It is worth 2s. William Shepherd, police superintendent for Woburn Division – on the evening of 30 December the prisoners were in his custody on another charge of fowl stealing. He told them there would be another charge of fowl stealing against them as he found they had sold a fowl to Mrs Hack. Rowe said the fowl was one of their master’s. James Busby, police constable stationed at Hockliffe – on 30 December he received the hen produced from Mrs Hack. He showed it to George Harris who identified it as one of his fowls. Benjamin Rowe – does not wish to say anything. Robert Sinfield – has nothing to say.
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