QSR1856/3/5/28c

Depositions of John Crawley, butcher of Luton and Elizabeth Fenwick, single woman of Luton. In the case of George Impey accused of obtaining a quantity of pork by false pretences.

23 June 1856

From: 1856 To: 1856

John Crawley: he was in partnership with his brother Frederick. The prisoner came to the shop and asked for 2 ribs of beef or a loin of pork for Mrs Fenwick of Stockwood. He said he had neither of them but if Mrs Fenwick wanted pork in particular he would send her part of a leg. If that would not do, the prisoner could bring it back. He gave the prisoner part of the leg of pork weighing 6 and a quarter pounds and a ticket in Mrs Fenwick’s name. The prisoner took them away and did not bring the meat back. Elizabeth Fenwick: housekeeper at Stockwood. On 14 June she did not send the prisoner to Mr Crawley’s. She had never sent him there. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Impey, George,
Crawley, John,
Fenwick, Elizabeth

LUTON, false pretences, pork, butcher, housekeeper, Luton Stockwood House