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Depositions - Charles Fensom charged wtih stealing flour from Matthew Dancer

10 May 1847

From: 1847 To: 1847

Matthew Dancer of Luton, butcher – on Saturday 8 May he had a stall under the Market House in Luton. During the afternoon he left his stall to go to his house for a coat. There were 16 ½ quartern bags of flour on his stall when he left. When he returned 4 of the bags were missing. Alfred Axton of Luton – he was at his father’s stall under the Market House just opposite Matthew Dancer’s stall. He saw Fensom go up to Dancer’s stall and take some bags off it. Fensom gave the bags to a woman who gave him some money. Fensom came and showed him the money and counted it. There was 18d. Charles Maffey of Luton, police constable – on Saturday 8 May he took Fensom into custody. Fensom said “I have stolen 2 lots of flour off Mr Dancer’s stall and got 18d for them, ten pence halfpenny I gave to my brother [George Fensom] and the rest I spent in pies”. He had not said anything to induce him to confess, only that he was a very wicked boy for going on in the way he did.

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Fensom, Charles,
Dancer, Matthew,
Axton, Alfred,
Maffey, Charles

LUTON, Luton Market House, stealing, flour, butchers, markets, police constable