QSR1837/4/5/26

Depositions and examination - George Cooper

3 August 1837

From: 1837 To: 1837

Harriet Roome of Dunstable – she is servant to mr henry Goude of Dunstable, a coach proprietor who has horses standing at Redbourne. On 20 June she heard her master order his servant Thomas Impey to go to Mr Chambers shop and get a horse brush, a water brush, an oil brush and a curry comb, and see them carefully packed as they were going to Redbourne. Impey brought them into the kitchen soon after and laid them on the table in a paper bag. She asked if they were safely packed and he said they were. Soon after, George Cooper came and asked for them. She told him where they were and he took them away. [Cross-examined by Cooper] She never knew Cooper mislay a parcel before. Thomas Impey of Dunstable – Henry Goude ordered him to take a paper to Mr Chambers’ shop to get the articles thereon, and to see them well packed. He went to the shop and got the articles [as above] packed. He took them Mr Goude’s house and delivered them to Harriet Roome. The value of the articles is 5s. William Godson of Dunstable, coachman – he is the driver of the Birmingham stagecoach called the Greyhound. Mr Goude is one of the proprietors of that coach. In July he desired Cooper, who has the care of Goude’s horses belong to that coach, to ask Mr Goude for some tools (curry comb and brushes) for the use of the horsekeeper at Redbourne (William Clayton). Cooper promised to do so, but when he asked him several times afterwards if he had the things ready for Redbourne, Cooper gave him evasive answers. No brushes or curry comb were delivered to him or put into the coach by Cooper or anyone else. [Cross-examined by Cooper] He has often delivered parcels Cooper to deliver to different people and there was never any mistake. William Clayton of Redbourn (Herts), horsekeeper – he has the care of Mr Goude’s horses belonging to the Birmingham Coach called the Greyhound. About 2 months ago he asked for a curry comb and brushes which Mr Goude promised would be sent. He asked Mr Godson the coachman if he had brought them several times, but he had not. He has never received them.

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Cooper, George,
Roome, Harriet,
Goude, Henry,
Impey, Thomas,
Godson, William,
Clayton, William

DUNSTABLE, Redbourn, stealing, horse drawn coaches, coach proprietor, coachman, horsekeeper