Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1878/2/5/3/b
  • Title
    Depositions and examination - Thomas Kelley, charged with stealing one watch, one chain, one locket and one scarf from Septimus Franklin at Dunstable on 16 March 1878
  • Date free text
    20 March 1878
  • Production date
    From: 1878 To: 1878
  • Scope and Content
    Henry Tofield of Dunstable, police constable – after apprehending Kelley on one charge on 16 March he went to the barracks of the 16th Regiment and received a watch and chain from John Worss. He showed it to Kelley at Bedford Police Station. At Luton Railway Station Kelley said he went into the tailor’s [Franklin’s] room and saw the watch on the table and took it. He took Kelley to the White Horse Inn when they got to Dunstable. Franklin went upstairs. When he came down Franklin said he had lost his watch and chain. Franklin identified the watch and chain produced as his. He received the scarf produced from Kelley. John Worss – he is a private in the 16th Regiment stationed at Bedford. Kelley offered a watch and chain for sale in the M Company’s barrack room on 16th. He bought it for 15s. Kelley said a girl in Dunstable had given him the watch. He gave up the watch, chain and locket to the constable. Septimus Franklin of Dunstable – he is the son of the landlord of the White Horse Inn and lives and carries on business there as a tailor. He identifies the watch, chain and locket as his. Inside the watch are the words “Examined by Mr Farrer Dunstable”. He left the items on the table in his bedroom on Friday night the 15th. His scarf was on a chair. He last saw them at 6pm when he shut the door and went downstairs. He first missed them when the constable came with the prisoner in the evening. Kelley would have to pass his room in going from where he slept downstairs. Kelley would have to go round the bed to get to the table. He values the watch etc at £2 and the scarf at 1s 6d. Thomas Kelley – he has nothing to say.
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