QSR1860/3/5/10

Depositions of John Belgrove, labourer of Heath & Reach. In the case of James Meakins accused of stealing a fagot of wood.

12 June 1860

From: 1860 To: 1860

John Belgrove: he lived with his father Robert at Heath & Reach. James Meakins was a shoemaker and lived in one of his father’s cottages. On 4 June about 5.45am he was watching a pile of wood in her father’s premises at Heath & Reach as his father had lost some wood. He saw the prisoner come out of his back door with slippers on and take some wood from the pile. When the prisoner saw him he dropped part of the wood. The prisoner said he was doing no harm. He told the prisoner he had no business on his father’s premises. There was no fence separating the prisoner’s house from the place where the wood was. The prisoner said he’d throw the wood down and he did so. Statement of the accused: he had a bad misfortune and had no money for food. He got up on Monday morning and opening his door and went out. There was a barrow of stuff on the prosecutor’s premises and stooped to pick up some wood. When the witness came upon him he had wood in his possession.

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Meakins, James,
Belgrove, John,
Belgrove, Robert

HEATH & REACH, stealing, wood, shoemakers