QSR1860/4/5/10-11

Depositions of William Baldry and George Dennis, yeomen of Sandy. In the case of Fanny Shearman, wife of John, and Mary Yourby, widow. Accused of stealing faggots of wood.

26 September 1860

From: 1860 To: 1860

William Baldry: he had a quantity of faggots in a field in the parish of Sandy. He lost a hundred of them. On 18 July he saw Fanny Shearman. George Dennis: on 18 July he saw Fanny Shearman carry away a faggot from one of Baldry’s heaps in a field in Sandy. He was within a chain of her at the bottom of Peacock’s Rye. Since seeing Mrs Shearman he had seen Mary Yourby take some faggots away from the field belonging to Baldry. He saw her about 3 times but did not count how many faggots she had. He thought she had 3 each time.

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Shearman, Fanny,
Shearman, John,
Yourby, Mary,
Baldry, William,
Dennis, George

SANDY, stealing, wood