QSR1890/1/5/2c

Depositions of Ann Musgrove and William Thomas In the case of Joseph Pugh accused of obtaining food to the value of 2 shillings sixpence in money and 4 shillings in money by false pretences.

7 November 1890

From: 1889 To: 1890

Ann Musgrove: wife of James, a labourer at Wootton Broadmead. On 21 October the defendant came to her house wanting lodging. He agreed to pay 3 shillings a week and he took supper and went to bed. Next morning she asked him what he was doing about food and he offered to pay her 12 shillings a week for board and lodging. He told her he had been in a London hospital and that he had come out for his health. He had had 4 weeks money to take from the Railway and he would pay her 3 weeks in advance. In consequence of this she allowed him to remain. On 23 October he told her he wanted to get his clothes from Millbrook station and asked her to lend him 4 shillings to be able to do so. On 23 October, he left the house about 7am and did not return. He had told her he wanted to go to Bedford to see the doctor and he might not return the same night but would do so the next morning. She had not since him since or received any money. She put the board and lodging at 2s 6d. She gave his lodging and the money in consequence of what he had told her. William Thomas: he was in charge of the Staff Section, Chief Accountants Office, North Western Railway at Euston Station. He did not know the defendant and his name did not appear in the Railway Company books as a pensioner. Pugh was not in receipt of any money from the company unless it was wages as a workman or entered as such, in which case it would have been recently. No such letter as the one written by Mr Thorley was received by the office. Statement of the accused: nothing further to say.

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Pugh, Joseph,
Musgrove, Ann,
Musgrove, James,
Thomas, William

WOOTTON, false pretences, money, food, Millbrook station