- ReferenceQSR1848/1/5/26-27
- TitleDepositions and examinations - Benjamin Brandom and James Smith charged with stealing 5 plough shares (value 1s) from Edward Lawford at Leighton Buzzard on 9 December 1847
- Date free text10 December 1847
- Production dateFrom: 1847 To: 1848
- Scope and ContentWilliam Shortland of Leighton Buzzard, labourer – he lives at Southcott in the parish of Linslade (Bucks) and is employed by Mr Lawford as a labourer on his farm. He was at work at Broomhills in Leighton buzzard yesterday (0 Dec). He and some others were at plough there. They took several plough shares with them to replace any that might break. He left 6 shares on Mr Lawford’s land close to a barley rick at about 5pm when they left the field. That morning all 6 shares were missing. He gave information to PC James Parrott. He also asked Mr Elmes (a dealer in marine stores) if he had bought any. Elmes said he had and showed him a heap of old iron from which he selected the 5 shares now produced which he believes were stolen from Broomhills. Elmes said he bought them from James Smith and another boy. He knows one of the shares particularly by the string tied to it and another by a broken point. James Elmes of Leighton Buzzard, dealer in marine stores – yesterday evening about 5pm Brandom and Smith came to his house and told him they had bought the shares for 6d and hoped he would give them a good price. Smith has been in the habit of bringing things of that type for sale. He told them that if they had paid 6d they had bought them too dear, but gave them 7d. The weight was 22 lbs. James Parrott, police constable stationed at Leighton Buzzard – from what Shortland said he went to Elmes’ shop and took possession of the plough shares. He took Smith and Brandom into custody. Smith said they bought the plough shares from a boy at Heath. They both said they did not know the boy. Brandom and Smith – have nothing to say.
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