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Depositions of Mary Cain, wife of Henry Cain, carpenter of Luton. William Cain, apprentice to a carpenter of Luton. Sarah Garrett, domestic servant of Luton. Richard Lambert, police constable of Luton. In the case of William Mooring the younger accused of stealing a brass trap.

11 November 1861

From: 1861 To: 1862

Mary Cain: wife of Henry, a builder of Church Street, Luton. On 7 November we had a brass trap covering the drain on the sink in the wash house. About 2pm she saw it safe. Soon afterwards the prisoner came up the passage to buy rags and bones. Almost directly he left she missed the trap and had not seen or heard anyone else besides the prisoner. The trap was worth 2s 6d. She told her son William directly of the loss. William Cain: from what his mother told him about the trap he went into Park Square where his father was working. As he was going he saw the prisoner in front of Mr Waller’s lying on the pavement with a stone in his hand. The prisoner was trying to break up a brass trap. He said to him “oh you are the boy that has been stealing our trap”. The prisoner said he had found it in the yard. He took the prisoner back to his father’s house and at the bottom of the passage the prisoner threw the trap away. He had no doubt the trap was his father’s. He went for a policeman and the prisoner was given into custody. Sarah Garrett: a servant to Mr Eyles next door to the Cains. She saw the prisoner at Mr Eyles door when he came for rags and bones. Mrs Cain came soon after the prisoner had gone and asked if she knew the boy. She told her she knew him by sight but not by name. PC Richard Lambert: he was sent for by Cain and the prisoner was given into his custody. On being charged the prisoner said he had taken the trap off the sink. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Mooring, William,
Cain, Mary,
Cain, Henry,
Cain, William,
Garrett, Sarah,
Lambert, Richard

LUTON, carpenter, apprenticeship, domestic servant, stealing