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Depositions of Charles Turney, farmer of Steventon, George Terrell Bowyer, clerk of the London & County Bank, Harvey Freeman, draper's assistant of 17 Market Square, Northampton, Frank Hill, clerk of the Stamford, Spalding & Boston Bank, Northampton and Jane Boufield of Carlton. In the case of Agnes Loake accused of stealing a £5 Bank of England note.

5 December 1885

From: 1885 To: 1886

Charles Turney: a farmer living in Steventon and the prisoner had been in his employment for 14 years as a housekeeper. She left his service about 27 October and on 31 October obtained payment of 2 cheques for about £25 from the Bedford branch of the London & County Bank. Out of the £25 he received 4 £5 Bank of England notes. He took the money home and put it in a bag in a drawer in his bureau in his living room. On 5 December he counted the money and the 4 £5 notes were still there. He put a further 50 shillings in the drawer. On 6 December his attention was called to the condition of the house and the bureau. He found the lock on the bureau had been opened and bag was inside. He felt some paper inside but didn’t examined the contents until alter. He then discovered only 2 of the £5 notes in the bag. George Terrell Bowyer: a clerk at the Bedford branch of the London & County Bank. On 31 October he cashed 2 cheques for Mr Turney amounting to £25 16s 0d and gave him the payment in 4 £5 notes and £5 16s in cash. The date of the notes was 7 April 1885. He could advise the numbers of the notes and 29597 was one of these notes. Jane Boufield: lived at Carlton about 3 miles from Mr Turney’s house. The prisoner she believed to live in Wollaston near Wellingborough, about 6 miles from her house. She knew the prisoner and on 6 December about 2am she saw the prisoner against the door of her house. It was a wet and cold night and the prisoner was looking for lodgings. The prisoner stayed until 9am. Harvey Freeman: a draper’s assistant in the employment of Mr York at Northampton. He saw the prisoner in the shop on 9 December and she purchased some flannel for 3s 2 ½ d and gave a £5 Bank of England note in payment. Frank Hill: chief clerk at the Stamford Spalding and Boston bank at Northampton. On 11 December he was notice of 2 Banks of England notes being allegedly stolen. That afternoon note no. 29597 was paid into Mr York’s account. He gave notice of it. Statement of the accused: she had lived as Turney’s housekeeper for 14 years and had a child by him 10 years ago. Since then he stopped £6 a year of her wages, which left her with £10. He had behaved very well to her until the last few years when she had become ill. The last few years he slighted her. They used to live as man and wife and one had one bed. Other people knew this. She believed he had behaved very shabbily and bad.

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Loake, Agnes,
Turney, Charles,
Bowyer, George Terrell,
Freeman, Harvey,
Hill, Frank,
Mardlin, George,
Boufield, Jane

Steventon, Northampton, TURVEY, housekeeper, stealing, bank notes, bank clerk, farmer, draper's assistant, London & County Banking Company