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Depositions - James Waller charged with stealing a sack from Robert Currington

23 March 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

Robert Currington of Maulden, gardener – on 17 January he was at Streatley. He saw Waller there at the Red Lion. He later went to the Chequers which is kept by Waller’s father. He left his cart outside while he went into the house. When he came out he missed a sack with a peck and a half of onions in it. The sack produced by Mr Bayldon is the one he lost. He knows it by the mark E.L., a figure of 2 in the middle and a hole about 2 feet from the bottom. William Edward Bayldon of Luton, police superintendent – he found the sack in Waller’s house on 6 March. There were some onion peelings in it. It is marked E.L. and has a figure 2 and a hole about midway from the bottom. He later showed it to Robert Currington who identified it as his.

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Waller, James,
Currington, Robert,
Bayldon, William Edward

MAULDEN, LUTON, stealing, gardener, police superintendent, onions, Streatley Red Lion, Streatley Chequers