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Depositions - George Durrant

13 March

From: 1848 To: 1848

James Worker of Toddington, labourer – yesterday at about 12.45 he was at the Crown at Luton. Edward Bush came to him whilst he was standing at the Drown door. They went in and Bush asked if he would take some dirty clothes home to be washed. He agreed. Bush fetched the parcel now produced, gave it to him, and left the Crown. He put the parcel on the seat on the screen between John Fenn and himself. Durrant sat next to Fenn. He and Fenn left soon afterwards. They got a little way and found they had left the parcel behind. They went back for it and found the parcel was gone and Durrant was not there. A young man he did not know said he saw Durrant take something away under his smock frock. He went for the constable. Before the constable came Durrant came up to him and asked if he would do anything to him if he fetched the parcel. He told Durrant to fetch the parcel. Durrant did so and gave it to him. He went to Bush before he found the parcel and was told there was one dirty shirt, one pair of worsted stockings, one handkerchief, and the handkerchief it was tied up in. John Fenn – he was with James Worker and confirms his evidence. George Hunt – he was at the Crown yesterday and saw Durrant go round the screen with something under his arm. Worker and Fenn had gone. While he was there they came back and said they had lost a parcel. He told them he had not seen it but saw Durrant go out with something under his arm.

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Durrant, George,
Worker, James,
Fenn, John,
Hunt, George,
Bush, Edward

TODDINGTON, LUTON, stealing, clothing, stockings, shirt, handkerchief, Luton Crown