QSR1865/3/5/25

Depositions of Elizabeth Garrett, wife of George, labourer of Luton. Isaac Mariner, police constable of Luton. In the case of Henry Young accused of stealing a box and other articles valued at a shilling.

23 June 1865

From: 1865 To: 1865

Elizabeth Garrett: wife of George Garrett and they lived at White Hill, Stopsley in Luton. She knew the prisoner well. He worked at Mr Pigott’s farm for 12 months and left at Michaelmas last. On 21 May a little before 1pm she heard some stones thrown against the front door of her house. She went to see and when she got there she saw 2 stones but could see nobody. He went down to the garden gate and looked about but could see nobody. She was about 5 minutes down the garden and then went back in the house the front way. The front door was open and when she got to the door she saw the prisoner searching a little box on the table. He saw her and ran out of the back door as quick as he could. He went down the garden and over the hedge. She said “ah Henry it’s you is it. You want some money do you?” After he had gone she looked about and saw things had been moved on the mantelpiece and the box on the table had been opened and all the paper in it had been taken out and were lying on the table. They sometimes kept money on the mantelpiece. She could not find anything had been taken away. Nobody but the prisoner had been in the room whilst she was down the garden. PC Isaac Mariner: on 2 June he took the prisoner into custody and charged him with entering the dwelling house of George Garrett on 21 May with the intent to commit a felony. Young said “I never was there. I was at Butterfield Green from 11 till 1 along with Moses Deller”. Statement of the accused: he wasn’t near White Hill and was at Butterfield Green with Deller. They laid down whilst Mr Gutteridge went home from Chapel and then he went home. He had his dinner and went to school. He hadn’t been at school long when his mother came and fetched him out. She asked if he had been up White Hill with Ted Plummer. He told her “no I ain’t seen Ted Plummer today”. His mother said that Master Garrett said that some boys had been up at Master Garrett’s house searching for some money. He was taken into custody for nothing. He knew nothing about it until the policeman came.

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Young, Henry,
Garrett, Elizabeth,
Mariner, Isaac,
Garrett, George

LUTON, STOPSLEY, Luton Butterfield Green, Luton White Hill, stealing, breaking & entering