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Depositions and examination - Mary Ann Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, charged with receiving one pair of boots from William Durrant at Leighton Buzzard on 12 November 1878 knowing them to have been stolen from Charles Frederick Morris

1 February 1879

From: 1879 To: 1879

Thomas Ruffhead, police constable stationed at Leighton Buzzard – on Wednesday 22 January he went to Smith’s husband’s house. Smith was there. He asked to see her boots. She picked up an old pair from the floor and said “here they are”. He told her he wanted to see the pair she was wearing. She held up her foot and showed him the pair produced. She said “they were too small for me and I was forced to cut them”. She took them off and he took them. When asked where she got them her husband was present and she said “let me see Tom, where did you get them”. He said “what, you b--- fool? You know where I got them from I bought them in Aylesbury market”. William Durrant was committed for trial yesterday for stealing these boots. Charles Frederick Morris of North Street, Leighton Buzzard, draper and clothier – on 12 November he had boots of this description on a board outside his door. He did not miss any at the time but believes them to be his. Mary Ann Smith – does not wish to say anything.

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Smith, Mary Ann,
Smith, Thomas,
Durrant, William,
Morris, Charles Frederick,
Ruffhead, Thomas

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard North Street, receiving stolen goods, boots, draper, clothier, police constable