- ReferenceQSR1838/2/5/4
- TitleDepositions and examination - Sarah Flowers charged with stealing one crown, two half crowns and two pieces of paper from the person of William Savage
- Date free text23 March 1838
- Production dateFrom: 1838 To: 1838
- Scope and ContentWilliam Savage of Cranfield, butcher – last night (March 22) between 8 and 9pm he wrapped up 15s to £1 in silver in the 2 bills of parcels now produced by Mr Coombs. He put them in his purse which he put in his right hand waistcoat pocket. He also had a card (now produced) loose in the same pocket. He was in Cauldwell Street close to the Cherry Tree public house where he had been drinking. He went to the bridge and met Flowers, who went with him to Sears beer house in Cauldwell Street. They had two pints of beer together. They then went a little way up the Kempston Road. He was with her in a lane about 10 minutes. They returned together into the Kempston Road. He then felt for his purse and found it was empty. He accused her of robbing him. She said she had not. He asked if she had his crown piece in her pocket. She said she did but that it was not his. He took her to Coombs the chief constable who searched her in his presence. He saw Coombs take the two bills and the card from her picket. He is sure they are the bills he had put in his purse. Flowers said she picked them up against the corner of the street. [Cross-examined by Flowers] Did he meet Isabella Blizzard and her (Flowers’) sister before he met her? – he did. Did he meet Mary Foot and Mary Young? - he does not know that he did. What did her sister and Isabella say to him? – they asked if he would treat them, and he said “no, I shan’t or can’t”. Did he not go a few steps up the bridge after those girls? – he was going over the bridge. Did he not ask her to treat him to ½ pint when they met and did she not tell him she could not because she had no money? – no, she asked him to treat her. Did he not go with her in his company down the Mill Lane before they went into Cauldwell Street, and did he then refuse to give her anything? – he did go with her and did refuse to give her money; he did not go further than Mr Green’s office. Did she not say she would follow him wherever he went because he would not give her anything? – she did. William Coombs, chief constable of Bedford – last night Savage brought Flowers to his home and accused her of robbing him of 10 or 12 shillings (one crown piece and he did not know what else). He searched her and found the 2 sale bills and the card in her pocket. Savage owned them as his. Flowers stated she found them against the mill gate. He did not find any money on her. Savage was much intoxicated. Sarah Flowers – when she went down the Boy and Oar Lane with a man and was coming through the Mill Gate she picked up the two notes and the card doubled up. She said to the person who was with her (a stranger) “you must stop and pick up nothing”, but she picked them up and put them in her pocket just as they were. That was before she met Savage. She said to the person she was with she did not know what they were but that they would do to curl her hair. She came down the lane again and went up the street. As she was coming back she met her sister, Isabella, and Savage talking tighter. They asked him to treat them. Savage then met Mary Young and Mary Foot and went a few steps up the bridge after them. He then followed her and asked if she would treat him with ½ pint. She said she could not as she had not got the money, and asked him to treat her. He said he would not just yet, but would soon. They went down the Boy and Oar Lane together. She went just against the Mill Gate and asked him for her money first. He went with her and then refused to pay her. She said “let you go wherever you will, I’ll go with you”. He went into Mr Sears’s and called for a pint of ale. Sears refused, saying Savage had had plenty and was quite intoxicated. Sears eventually drew him a pint, and then a second. She helped to drink them. Savage paid for the 2 pints with 4d worth of half pence. She never saw a farthing of his money.
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