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Depositions of William Barker, labourer of Sandy. Amos Coleman, labourer of St Neots, Huntingdonshire. William Housden, poulterer of Huntingdon. In the case of Frederick Sutton and William Sutton both of Sandy accused of stealing a ped.

15 June 1867

From: 1867 To: 1867

William Barker: he was a plate layer living in Sandy. About a fornight ago he put tin peds in his barn at Sandy. A day or two later he missed one of them.. 3 or 4 days later he was shown the ped which was the same as he had missed from the barn. Amos Coleman: he lived in St Neot. On 13 May he was an ostler at the Fox & Hounds public house in St Neots. A little after 9am the prisoners and another man came into the yard. William Sutton and the other man were riding in a cart and Frederick Sutton was walking behind. He observed a ped in the cart. It was the same one as now produced. He knew it by the marks and inside he could hear some poultry making a noise. William Housden: he was poulterer living at Huntingdon. On 13 May he was at St Neots market about 9am when 2 men came up to him. The taller man asked if he was a chicken buyer and he told him he was. They then took him to the Fox & Hounds public house and showed him 9 chickens in a ped. It was marked the same as the one produced. He looked at the chickens but declined to buy them. Statements of the accused: nothing to say [both]

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Barker, William,
Coleman, Amos,
Housden, William,
Sutton, Frederick,
Sutton, William

SANDY, St Neots, Huntingdon, stealing, platelayer, ostler, St.Neots Fox & Hounds