QSR1856/2/5/1c

Depositions of John Mills, carpenter of Bedford, Thomas Paybody, labourer of Sharnbrook, Samuel Fountain, plumber and glazier of Sharnbrook and William Byers Graham, superintendent of police of Sharnbrook. In the case of Perry Kendall, labourer of Oakley, accused of stealing 2 planes, an augur and a spoke shave.

15 March 1856

From: 1856 To: 1856

John Mills: resided in Union Street, St Pauls, Bedford. On 29 Febraury he locked some tools up in a tool shop in Oakley. The next morning he found the lock sprung and the tools n the ground. He missed a jack plane, a hand plane, a poke shave and an augur. Thomas Paybody: the prisoner was trying to sell the tools on 1 March. At that time he saw the long plane and an augur. A person named Samuel Fountain came up and the prisoner produced another plane. Fountain bought the 2 planes and auger for 9 pence. Paybody gave 3 pence for the spoke shave. He went into a public house with the prisoner. The prisoner said Paybody wanted to know too much. The following day he gave the spoke shave to Mr Graham. Samuel Fountain: on 1 March he bought 2 planes and an augur, giving a shilling for them. He gave the tools to Mr Graham. Superintendent William Byers Graham: on 2 March he received 2 planes and an augur from Fountain. He found the spoke shave in Thomas Paybody’s barn. On 5 March he apprehended the prisoner at Wellingborough and told him the charge. John Mills: identified the tools. The prisoner had worked for him the previous November.

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Kendall, Perry,
Graham, William Byers,
Mills, John,
Paybody, Thomas,
Fountain, Samuel

OAKLEY, SHARNBROOK, stealing, carpenter, plumber, tools