QSR1888/1/5/8b

Depositions of Frederick Smith, superintendent of police of Biggleswade, Albert John Whitfield Brookbanks, draper's assistant of Biggleswade, George Pates, labourer of Biggleswade and David Evans, pawnbroker's assistant of Biggleswade. In the case of Mary Pates accused of obtaining 2 reefer jackets.

14 December 1887

From: 1887 To: 1888

Albert John Whitfield Brookbanks: assistant to Robert Denny, a Biggleswade draper. On 3 December the prisoner came into the shop and said she wanted to take some pilot jackets for George Pates. He said "of New Town?" and she replied yes. Believing this statement and knowing George Pates of New Town he let her have 2 reefer jackets the value of £1 2s 9d. She said she would be back in half or three quarters of an hour as it was a long way to New Town. She did not return. George Pates: a labourer of New Town, Biggleswade. He had not authorised the prisoner to get him a coat in his name. There was no other George Pates of New Town. David Evans: an assistant at Mr Page the pawnbroker. On 3 December the prisoner came and pledged a coat in the name of Pates of Caldicote. She said it was her husbands and he lent her 6s 3d on it. On 5 December the prisoner came again with another coat and pledged it in the name of Blunt of Caldicote. He let her have 4s 3d on it and sent for the police. Frederick Smith: superintendent of police at Biggleswade. On 5 December he took the prisoner into custody on another charge and subsequently charged her with obtaining 2 coats by false pretences. She replied that she had them. The prisoner was wife of William Pates of Caldicote. He found pawn tickets in her house. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Pates, Mary,
Smith, Frederick,
Brookbanks, Albert John Whitfield,
Pates, George,
Evans, David

BIGGLESWADE, false pretences, draper's assistant, pawnbroker, coat