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Depositions and examination - James Pain charged with a misdemeanour.

20 January 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

Samuel Wing of Bedford, clerk to the Bedford Poor Law Union – he produces an authority for the board to take proceedings against James Pain for neglecting to maintain his wife and family, now chargeable to the parish of Felmersham, together with a copy of a conviction on 14 November 1842 as a rogue and vagabond and a copy of a conviction on 21 March 1843 as an idle and disorderly person. He certifies that they are true copies, and that James Pain (now present) is the person described in the convictions. William Martin, governor of the Union Workhouse at Bedford – on 12 March 1845 James Pain of Felmersham and his wife and family became chargeable to the parish and were inmates of the workhouse. On 10 April 1845 Pain was committed for an assault on himself, and his wife and family have been in the workhouse since. In November he came to the workhouse to see his wife and family, but did not offer to remove his family from the house. Charles Walsh of Sharnbrook, one of the Rural Police – he knows Pain. About 3 months ago he saw him digging roots in Souldrop Lane for Mr Green and has often since then met him coming home from work. That morning he apprehended him at Radwell where he was working. He has no hesitation in saying that Pain is able to work and support his family.

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Pain, James,
Wing, Samuel,
Martin, William,
Walsh, Charles

FELMERSHAM, BEDFORD, SHARNBROOK, general family, Poor Law Unions, Clerk to the Poor Law Union, Poor Law Union Workhouses, Master of the workhouse, farm labourer, police constable