QSR1892/1/5/3c

Depositions of Clara Burgoine of St. Albans in the County of Hertford and Charles Cheshire of Shefford Police Sergeant In the case of Arthur Beddoe alias Horace Bosworth alias [Alice] Blanchard who is charged this day before us for that he the said Arthur Beddoe on the 9th day of December One thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety One at Shefford feloniously did steal one gold dress ring, one silver dress ring, one silver brooch, one gold locket, one common necklet together of the value of 30/- and 6/71/2 in money the monies good and chattels of one Clara Burgoine.

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From: 1891 To: 1892

This Deponent Clara Burgonie Spinster on her Oath saith as follows:- I am a Hat trimmer and live at St Albans and take in lodgers. On the 2nd December 1891 about 5.30 p.m. the prisoner called at my house and asked for lodgings – I asked him in, he said “I have got work at the London and North Western Railway as Clerk – he arranged to board and lodge at my house – he lodged there that night and about 8.25 the following morning 3rd December when going out he ordered dinner at 12.30 p.m. but never returned – I went up to his bedroom and noticed several things were out of place and that a writing desk had been unlocked and 1 gold dress ring, 1 wedding ring, silver dress ring, 1 gold locket were missing - 6/71/2 had been taken from the desk and a silver brooch and common necklet were missing from a box on the drawers – On Saturday 12th December 1891 I came to the Police Station at Biggleswade I there saw the articles now produced which I identify as my property and the same I missed from my bedroom I also identify the prisoner as the man who came to lodge at my house. This Deponent Charles Cheshire upon his oath saith:- I am a Police Sergeant stationed at Shefford Bedfordshire – On the 9th December I arrested the prisoner at Shefford on another charge and on searching the prisoner I found one gold dress ring – one silver dress ring – one silver brooch – one gold wedding ring – one gold locket – and on the 16th Dec. I charged him with stealing the articles I now produce at St Albans on the 2nd December 1891 the property of Clara Burgonie – he replied “Oh yes” [Cross Examined] You said Oh Yes

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Burgione, Clara,
Cheshire, Charles,
Beddoe, Arthur,
Bosworth, Horace,
Blanchard, Alice

SHEFFORD, St. Albans, BIGGLESWADE, London and Northern Western Railway, stealing, police sergeant