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- TitleDepositions of Jesse Partlett, manager of Biggleswade, James Burrows of Biggleswade, Susan Elizabeth, wife of Jesse Partlett, David Evans, pawnbroker's assistant of Biggleswade and Ebenezer Cain, inspector of police of Biggleswade. In the case of Betsy Lincoln accused of obtaining 3 pairs of boots by false pretences.
- Date free text14 December 1887
- Production dateFrom: 1887 To: 1888
- Scope and ContentJesse Partlett: on 14 November he went to Biggleswade to become the manager of Freeman, Hardy & Willis. On 19 November the prisoner came to the shop and asked for a few pairs of boots for her daughter to try on. He asked her name and she replied Albone of Potton Road. She said she would bring them back after her daughter came home and had tried them on. From this statement he allowed her to take 3 pairs of boots. The boots were not returned. James Burrows: he had been in the employment of Freeman, Hardy & Willis for 2 and half years. On 19 November he saw the prisoner take the boots away. He knew the Albone’s living in Potton Road and he knew they were customers of the firm. Susan Elizabeth Partlett: wife of Jesse Partlett, the manager of Freeman, Hardy & Willis. She was in the shop when her husband waited on the prisoner. David Evans: an assistant to Mr Page of Biggleswade the pawnbroker. On 19 November the prisoner came into the shop and offered 2 pairs of women’s new boots in pledge. He asked her who they belonged to and she said that one pair were hers and the other her sisters. He gave her 4s 6d on the two pairs. Ebenezer Cain: inspector of police in Biggleswade. On 7 December he served a summons on the prisoner charging her with obtaining 3 pairs of boots. The prisoner said she knew nothing of the boots and had never been in the shop since Woodward had left. Statement of the accused: she knew nothing of any boots but her own, which she had bought and paid for.
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