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Depositions and examination - John Gutteridge charged with stealing potatoes

31 March 1845

From: 1845 To: 1845

George Clarke of Streatley, labourer – on Saturday night (29 March) he took a bushel of potatoes from Streatley to Barton to his wife’s father and exchanged them for another bushel for her. He had them in a wheelbarrow and brought them to the Crown at Barton. He went in to have a pint of beer and while he was there the potatoes were taken. He went after them and overtook Gutteridge, who had a sack with him. He accused Gutteridge of having his potatoes. Gutteridge said “Do they belong to you?” He took the potatoes from him. The sack is his and his name is on it – it is marked "GC.Str". The potatoes were in the sack when he took them from Gutteridge. Gutteridge said he hoped he had done nothing wrong and that he would forgive him. He took the potatoes home. John Pedder of Barton, labourer – last Saturday night he saw George Clarke at the Crown at Barton. Clarke asked him to go down the road to look for his potatoes. They overtook Gutteridge with the potatoes in the sack as described by Clarke. Clarke asked Gutteridge where he had the potatoes from. Gutteridge said he did not know. Guttereidge had been in the Crown while he and Clarke were there.

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Gutteridge, John,
Clarke, George,
Pedder, John

STREATLEY, Barton, stealing, potatoes, Barton-le-Clay Crown