QSR1859/3/5/8b

Depositions of George Goodman, dealer of Shefford. Reuben Pepper, police constable of Shefford. John Rowney, labourer of Cardington. In the case of Charles Booth accused of stealing a brass kettle.

31 May 1859

From: 1859 To: 1859

George Goodman: he was a marine stores dealer and on Wednesday 24 May, the prisoner came to his shop about 8am and produced a brass kettle.The prisoner asked him to purchase it but he suspected it to have been stolen. The prisoner prodcued some other items which confirmed his opinion. He bought the kettle and other items and immediately he went and gave the information to the police. PC Reuben Pepper: on 25 May he was given a brass kettle by Goodman, the marine store dealer and told him the prisoner had sold it to him. He apprehended the prisoner at the Three Horse Shoes public house. He asked the prisoner where he had got the kettle from and the prisoner refused to tell him. The prisoner then said that he had bought them and paid for them. From the nature of the articles and from the prisoner’s refusal to say where he got them from, he suspected them stolen. John Rowney: he was groom to Mr Rawlins at Fenlake. On 24 May, about 4pm, he saw the brass kettle belonging to his master in an outbuilding on the premises. The following morning he heard it was missing. On 26 May he went with his master to Shefford and PC Pepper produced the kettle. He identified it as his master property. Statement of the accused: he wished to make no statement.

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Booth, Charles,
Goodman, George,
Pepper, Reuben,
Rowney, John,
Rawlins

SHEFFORD, CARDINGTON, stealing, marine stores dealer, machinery, groom