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Depositions and examinations - Charles Corbet, John Higgs and William Flannagan, charged with stealing one fustian coat value 5s at Leighton Buzzard on 13 June 1844 from Robert Page

14 June 1844

From: 1844 To: 1844

Susannah Page wife of Francis Page of Heath & Reach, labourer – the coat belongs to her son who lives at Woburn. It was sent to her to wash. She hung it on the hedge to dry and missed it soon afterwards. She ran into the road and saw 3 young men together a distance off going towards Hockliffe. He gave information to the constable James Symonds and requested him to follow them. The coat produced is the one missing from the hedge. James Symonds of Heath & Reach, parish constable – from information he received he went along the road towards Dunstable. At Hockliffe he gave information to PC William Clough and requested his assistance. Clough went ahead and apprehended the three prisoners on the road. He saw the coat in the hands of the police constable. William Clough of Hockliffe, police constable – he went in pursuit of the prisoners and saw them sitting by the side of the road. He apprehended them and found the coat in a parcel which was laying between two of the prisoners. Charles Corbet – “we were going up towards London. We saw a bundle under a hedge half a mile from any house and we went up to it and picked it up. The bundle had the jacket and the night shirt just as it is now.” John Higgs and William Flannagan – nothing to say.

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Corbet, Charles,
Higgs, John,
Flannagan, William,
Page, Susannah,
Page, Francis,
Page, Robert,
Symonds, James,
Clough, William

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, HEATH & REACH, HOCKLIFFE, stealing, coat, clothing, parish constable, police constable