Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1854/3/5/5
  • Title
    Depositions of Frederick Jeeves, bricklayer of Hitchin, Ann White, wife of Isaac an ironmonger, Edwin Blunden, superintendent of police and Charles Ruddiford, police constable of Biggleswade. In the case of James Waldock accused of stealing 33 pound of lead.
  • Date free text
    27 April 1854
  • Production date
    From: 1854 To: 1854
  • Scope and Content
    Frederick Jeeves: employed as a builder rebuilding a farm house at Dunton, belonging to Morris Pryor esquire. A month previous some lead had been stripped from the old house and it had been lying in a loft. He had seen the lead safe about a fortnight before. Then on 25 April PC Ruddiford came and he went with him to the loft and found the largest piece of lead had been cut in 2 and the largest part taken away. The police constable took away the other part. He had since seen the 2 pieces compared and had no doubt that the larger piece was cut from the smaller and that both belonged to Mr Pryor. The prisoner was a bricklayer’s labourer working at the building. He had been working there for some weeks. Ann White: they kept an ironmongers shop in Biggleswade. On 24 April about 8.30pm the prisoner brought some lead to her house offered it for sale. It appeared to have formed some part of a building and weighed 33 pound. She gave him 4 shillings and 3 half pence for it. Her husband returned and they sent for Mr Blunden the superintendent of police. Blunden came and took away the lead. Edwin Blunden: produced the lead which he received from Mrs White. He had the lead in his custody and advised PC Ruddiford to look into the case. Charles Ruddiford: having received the information from Mr Blunden he went to Mr Pryor’s house and spoke to the foreman of the works. They went up into the loft and found the other piece of lead. The prisoner was at work on the building and was apprehended. The prisoner said he knew nothing about it and had not been to Biggleswade on Monday night but had been home in Wrestlingworth that evening. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.
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