QSR1846/3/5/4-5

Depositions and examinations - Sarah Craddock charged with stealing 2 handkerchiefs from teh Guardians of the Bedford Union and Ann Craddock charged with receiving the handkerchiefs.

23 April 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

Mary Ann Brown of St Peter Bedford, widow, nurse at the Workhouse of the Bedford Union – Ann Craddock came to visit her daughter Sarah Craddock in the Workshouse on 22 April. Sarah Craddock is an inmate of the workhouse and was fetched to her mother. She came from the laundry where she had been ironing handkerchiefs. Ann and Sarah Craddock were sitting together in the lodge. She saw one of the handkerchiefs slip from under Ann Craddock’s arm and took possession of it. She went into another room with Ann Craddock, searched her, and found the other handkerchief concealed in the front of her gown. Ann Craddock said she found that one and bought the other. They are the property of the Guardians of the Poor. The lodge where Ann and Sarah Craddock were adjoins the outer entrance to the workhouse. She is sure Ann Craddock did not go into any other part of the workhouse. Ann Craddock – “I wish to beg pardon for what I have done amiss. My daughter gave them to me and I wish to beg pardon for her as well.” Sarah Craddock – “I wish to beg pardon and I’ll never do the like no more”.

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Brown, Mary Ann,
Craddock, Sarah,
Craddock, Ann

BEDFORD, Bedford St.Peter, Poor Law Union Workhouses, nurse, stealing, handkerchief