QSR1844/3/5/34

Depositions and examination - Sarah Wood of Cotton End charegd with stealing wood chips from William Green

22 June 1844

From: 1844 To: 1844

William Green of Cotton End in the parish of Cardington – on Monday night 17 June he carried a quantity of chips out of his close and placed them under a shed in his yard. He is a carpenter. They were mainly ash and maple chips. About 4 or 5am next morning his nephew George Green called him up and as a consequence of what he said he examined the chips and found them disturbed. He left bark from a fir tree on top of the chips, but found the other chips now uppermost. He knows Sarah Wood who lives near him on the opposite side of the road. She has no business in his yard. George Green of Cotton End, carpenter – he lives near William Green on the opposite side of the road. Last Monday night about 11pm he was about 14 to 16 yards from William Green’s hovel and heard a noise like someone pulling chips from underneath faggots. He went to the hovel and found Sarah Wood. He asked what she was after. She said she was looking for a few chips but knew she had no business with them. She had her apron full of chips. When he spoke to her she dropped them. He asked if it was the first time and she said it was. The hovel is open on one side but is within the yard adjoining William Green’s dwelling house. Sarah Wood – she never had any chips. She did not leave home until 11.30 or later and would not have been away then if her brother had been at home. She went to see where he was.

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Wood, Sarah,
Green, William,
Green, George

Cotton End, CARDINGTON, stealing, wood, carpenter