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Depositions and examination - William Billington charged with stealing one peck of barley (value 6d) from Samuel Harradine at Hawnes on 12 November 1847

13 November 1847

From: 1847 To: 1848

Samuel Harradine of Hawnes, farmer – he was told by his tasker on Thursday morning 11 Nov that some barley had been taken from the heap lying in the barn. He asked PC Parker to watch the barn. Billington is his horsekeeper. He had not give Billington permission to take barley for the horses. William Parker of Hawnes, police constable – he received information from Mr Harradine that he had lost some barley and concealed himself in the barn that night. Between 4 and 5am he saw William Billington come in to the barn. He crept in between the mow board and [..?] door. The door was locked – Mr Benjamin Harradine locked him in overnight. He heard Billington go to the heap of barley and put some into a sack. It was too dark for him to see what happened. Billington went out the same way he came in. He followed Billington and met him in the yard. Billington said he had put the barley in the stable and that he had taken it for his master’s horses. He went to the stable and found the barley in a sack in the corn bin. There were some oats in the corn bin. William Billington – he went into the barn as Parker has said and fetched the barley for his master’s horses. The horses were eating some of the barley when the policeman came to him in the stable.

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Billington, William,
Harradine, Samuel,
Parker, William,
Harradine, Benjamin

Hawnes, stealing, barley, farmers, police constable, horsekeeper