QSR1846/3/5/14

Indictment - Charles Akin charged with stealing a rosewood tea-caddy (value 4s) and a piece of gold (value 10s) belonging to James Simonds at Heath and Reach on 7 May 1846

8 May 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

Eliza Simonds, wife of James Simonds of Heath and Reach, gardener – about 10am on 7 May she missed a tea caddy containing some tea, part of a gold ring, a metal brooch and other articles. She saw it a 9am when she went to take her little girl to school. On her return she passed Akin who was begging at a house about 200 yards from hers. About 10 minutes after she got home she heard a noise like the latch of the front door. She was in the yard at the back of the house, went back into the house and opened the front door. She saw Akin about 50 yards away. There was no one else to be seen. She went back into the house but did not miss the tea caddy until about 10am. She then went and informed Thomas Phillips who went in search of the prisoner. She followed Phillips and met them – she asked Akin for the box and he gave it to her. She gave the box to Hedges the constable. All the things were in Akin’s pocket except the tea caddy. Thomas Phillips of Sheep Lane, Potsgrove, cabinet maker and joiner – Akin had called at his house about ½ hour before Mrs Simonds told him about the loss of the tea caddy. He went in search of Akin and caught him about ¾ mile from his house. The tea caddy was under his jacket. Charles Akin – makes no defence.

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Akin, Charles,
Simonds, ELiza,
Simonds, James,
Phillips, Thomas

HEATH & REACH, POTSGROVE, Potsgrove Sheep Lane, stealing, household goods, gold, gardener, cabinet maker, joiner