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Depositions of John Landon, draper of Biggleswade, Henry James Waldock, draper's assistant of Biggleswade, Walter Wren, fishmonger of Biggleswade and Frederick Smith, police inspector of Biggleswade. In the case of John Ireland accused of obtaining 3 silk handkerchiefs by false pretences.

25 June 1884

From: 1884 To: 1884

Henry James Waldock: on 10 June, John Ireland came into the shop asking for some handkerchiefs to look at for Mr Wren. Ireland looked at some and chose 3 silk ones which he took away on approval. He knew Ireland worked for Wren and had previously had goods from the shop for Mr Wren. He would have refused Ireland if he had had wanted them for himself on approval. Walter Wren: a fishmonger at Biggleswade and employer of John Ireland. Ireland left his service on 10 June without giving notice. Ireland had no authority to fetch handkerchiefs or anything else from John Landon’s. Frederick Smith: on 21 June he arrested Ireland on a warrant and charged him with obtaining the handkerchiefs by false pretences. Ireland said there had been 4 handkerchiefs and he had sold two at John Mayler’s public house at Fenlake. Another was sold to a man working in a field between Stratford and Sandy and another to a man at Girtford. On 23 June he went to Fenlake and received 2 handkerchiefs from Henry Freshwater, a third from Jesse Balls and the forth from George Henson of Girtford. He showed the handkerchiefs to the prisoner and he confirmed they were the ones from Mt Landon’s. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Ireland, John,
Landon, John,
Waldock, Henry James,
Wren, Walter,
Smith, Frederick,
Mayler, John,
Freshwater, Henry,
Balls, Jesse

BIGGLESWADE, false pretences, handkerchief, draper, draper's assistant, fishmonger