QSR1854/2/5/1b

Depositions of Charles Gosling, baker of Ridgmont, Thomas Yates, farmer of Bow Brickhill and William Clay, police constable of Aspley Guise. In the case of Thomas Cook accused of stealing a pair of leather reins and 2 flour sacks.

2 March 1854

From: 1854 To: 1854

Charles Gosling: he lived with his father, Thomas a baker, at Ridgmont. On 1 March he left a pair of reins and 2 flour sacks in the cart in an open hovel on his father’s premises adjoining the house. The reins were worth 4s and the sacks were worth half a crown each. The next morning he missed the reins and the sacks and informed the police constable of the loss. The reins had brass buckles and the sacks were marked “Olney Mills”. Daniel Grace [deposition crossed through]: a labourer living at Husborne Crawley. He knew the prisoner well and on 2 March he saw a barrow standing against the lodge at Aspley Guise about 7.30am. The barrow had a sack in it. He looked into the sack and saw some whitish potatoes and a pair of reins with brass buckles. The sack had “Olney Mills” on it. He went up the road and met the prisoner and another man coming in the direction where the barrow was. The prisoner wheeled the barrow away. Thomas Yates: a farmer at Bow Brickhill. On 3 March he bought the reins from the prisoner at Bow Brickhill and gave him 6d for them. On 4 March he handed the reins over to PC Clay. PC William Clay: he was advised of the loss of the sacks and reins. On 4 March he went to Bow Brickhill and asked Thomas Yates from who had he bought the reins. Yates said he had bought them from 2 men from whom he had also bought some potatoes. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Cook, Thomas,
Gosling, Charles,
Yates, Thomas,
Clay, William

RIDGMONT, Bow Brickhill, ASPLEY GUISE, stealing, sack, leather, baker, farmer