QSR1866/4/5/2c

Depositions of Ebenezer Robinson, tailor of Luton. Frederick Higgs, beerhouse keeper of Luton. In the case of Charles King [also known as Benjamin Kennedy] accused of stealing a quantity of cloth.

27 August 1866

From: 1866 To: 1866

Ebenezer Robinson: he was a tailor and lived at Adelaide Street in Luton. He knew the prisoner. On or about 13 June, he gave the prisoner material for a pair of black cloth trousers. They were cut out ready for making up. The cloth and trimmings were worth 18s 9d and he had not had the cloth or trousers back. The prisoner went away from town after he had given him the cloth. He had not seen the prisoner again until last Saturday when he was in custody on another charge. Frederick Higgs: a tailor and keeper of the Noah’s Ark in Luton. On or about 14 or 15 June the prisoner came to his house and said he had got a bargain for him and asked him to buy it. He looked at the bargain for some time; it was a pair of cloth trousers ready cut for making up. He told the accused he did not want them. The accused then asked George Croft to buy them. He called Croft out and cautioned him not to buy them. The prisoner went away. Statement of the accused: he did not remember anything about it.

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King, Charles,
Robinson, Ebenezer,
Higgs, Frederick,
Kennedy, Benjamin

LUTON, beer retailer, stealing, cloth, tailor