QSR1844/1/5/8

Depositions and examination - Thomas Fisher of Duloe, carpenter, charged with stealing a pair of shoes value 4s from George Partridge

6 November 1843

From: 1843 To: 1844

George Partridge of Eaton Socon, servant – about 10 days ago he put his shoes in the brewhouse. Yesterday morning he went to fetch them and they were gone. That morning he saw Charles Fisher wearing them. He said nothing to him but went and told his master. His master went with him to look for the shoes. He told Charles Fisher to turn the shoe up – Fisher did so, and he knew the shoes were his by the mending. His master sent him for the policeman. Henry Smalley, police constable no.2 – he went to Mr Squires and found a pair of shoes on Charles Fisher which Partridge claimed as his property. Fisher said his father gave the shoes to him and he wore them that morning for the first time. He then took the father Thomas Fisher into custody, who said he took the shoes out of the brewhouse and gave them to his boy to wear a day or two while his own were being mended. Thomas Fisher – he took the shoes for his boy to wear while his own were being mended.

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Fisher, Thomas,
Fisher, Charles,
Partridge, George,
Smalley, Henry,
Squire

Duloe, EATON SOCON, stealing, shoes, carpenters, servants, brewhouses, police constables