QSR1860/1/5/8

Depositions of Joshua Nicholls, baker of Luton. George Edmunds, greengrocer of Luton. William Cain, greengrocer's assistant of Luton. In the case of David Gibbs accused of unlawfully attempting to obtaining a currant cake by false pretences.

2 January 1860

From: 1860 To: 1860

Joshua Nicholls: a baker in Park Street, Luton. On 26 December the prisoner came to the shop and asked for a half crown currant cake. He said he wanted it for Mr Edmunds the greengrocer who lived near by. He suspected there was something wrong as he had seen him for half an hour previously walking up and down looking in the window. He went to Mr Edmunds and asked if he had sent anyone out of the house for a currant cake. Mr Edmunds said he had not sent anyone. He asked Edmunds to come to his shop and Edmunds came and saw the prisoner. Edmunds asked the prisoner if he had sent him for cake. The prisoner said he had and if it was not him it had been his boy. He sent for the police and gave the prisoner into custody. George Edwards: a greengrocer of Luton and he resided near Mr Nicholls. On 26 December Mr Nicholls came by his house and asked if he had sent anyone to his ship for a currant cake. He told Nicholls he had not and accompanied Nicholls to his shop to see the prisoner. He asked the prisoner if he had sent him for a currant cake and the prisoner said he had and afterwards said it had been his son. He had no son but did have a son-in-law William Cain. He had not seen the prisoner before. William Cain: son-in-law to Mr Edmunds and he resided with him. On 26 December he saw the prisoner at Mr Nicholls shop. He had not seen the prisoner before and had not sent him to Mr Nicholls for a currant cake. Statement of the accused: nothing.

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Gibbs, David,
Nicholls, Joshua,
Edmunds, George,
Cain, William

LUTON, greengrocer, baker, false pretences, cake, Luton Park Street