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Depositions and examination - James Allen, alias James Allen Wood

21 July 1847

From: 1847 To: 1848

Thomas Gee of Luton, tailor – he and Allen were lodging in the same house until Sunday 18 July. He was a secretary to the Tailor’s Society. The tickets now produced are his property. He used them for relieving distressed tailors on tramp. They are marked with different figures, 3, 4 and 6. On Monday 19 between 9 and 10pm he received them from William Wilds at The Old English Gentleman. They were all in a bag. They were safe in his room on Sunday 18th. There was no lock on the door and Allen could get into the room. The buttons now produced and the bag they are in are also his property. It was the pocket of a woman’s gown. He cut it out himself. The buttons were safe last Saturday. The bag is the one the tickets were in. William Wilds of Luton, labourer – on Monday 19 July about 4pm he was at Yates’ beer shop at Luton. They were playing at skittles. Allen and he bet on the game. Allen betted with the tin tickets now produced. He won them from Allen. Allen took them out of a bag which is the one now produced. He later went to The Old English Gentleman and gave them up to Thomas Gee who said they were his. Charles Maffey of Luton, police constable – he took Allen into custody on 20 July. He searched him and found the buttons and the two bags now produced. He received the tin tickets from Thomas Gee.

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Allen, James,
Wood, James Allen,
Gee, Thomas,
Wilds, William,
Maffey, Charles

LUTON, stealing, buttons, tailor, friendly societies, CHARITIES, vagrancy, gambling, skittles, beer houses, Bedford Old English Gentleman, police constable