QSR1846/3/5/9/a

Depositions and examination - John Wykes of Irchester (Northants), labourer

20 April 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

Henry Minney of Little Staughton, farmer – on Saturday 7 June 2 sows and 5 pigs, all white, were missing from his farmyard. On the next Monday he went with PC Dale to Wollaston where he saw one of the sows and two of the pigs locked up at the Bell Inn. PC Dale, Mr Crawley, the landlord of the Bell, and PC Clark were all present when he identified them. The sows were worth £3 10s and £3; the 4 store pigs were worth 30s each; a small pig was worth about 10s. He saw a person like Wykes go past his premises with a dog about 6pm on 6 June. Henry Minney the younger of Little Staughton – on the evening before the pigs were lost he saw Wykes with a dog in the road adjoining his father’s premises about 6pm. About 3 hours later he saw him again. He spoke to Wykes, who asked the nearest way to Riseley. Johnson Bull of Keysoe, labourer – on 6 June about 10pm he met a man with a dog driving some sows and pigs on the road from Staughton to Pertenhall. There were 2 sows, one gelt and 4 or 5 store pigs, all white. He has no doubt the prisoner is the same person. Joseph Partridge of Wollaston (Northants) – on 7 June between 11 and 12 Wykes (who he knows well) came to his house with a sow and 2 store pigs. He bought the pigs from Wykes. He sold the pigs and kept the sow until a police constable fetched it. He sold one of the pigs to John Wright of Wollaston and the other to Will Jones of Wollaston. John Wright of Wollaston (Northants), shoemaker – on 7 June he bought a white store pig from Mr Partridge for £1 4s 6d. The next day PC Clark took it from him. Matthew Clark of Wollaston (Northants), police constable – on Sunday 8 June a servant of Mr Minney’s came to ask his help in finding some stolen pigs at Wollaston. They went to Mr Partridge’s where they found a white sow which was identified as Minney’s property. They went to John Wright’s and William Jones’ where he identified the store pigs. He took the sow and pigs into his care and kept them until they were identified by Mr Minney as his property. John Wykes of Irchester – he has nothing to say.

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Wykes, John,
Minney, Henry,
Bull, Johnson,
Partridge, Joseph,
Wright, John

Little Staughton, Irchester, Wollaston, KEYSOE, stealing animals, pigs, farmer, wheelwright, shoemaker, Wollaston Bell