QSR1867/4/5/13-15

Depositions of Joseph Ellis, labourer of Bromham and Mary Ellis, his wife. Joseph Fenemore, toll gate keeper of Bromham. John Toul of Turvey. In the case of Gibson Collinson, Henry Shergold and William Brown accused of stealing a calico shirt, the value of 4 shillings.

5 October 1867

From: 1867 To: 1867

Joseph Ellis: he lived at Bromham. On 4 October, he was informed a shirt he hung to dry on a hedge was missing. He went to Turvey and gave the information to the Parish Constable of Turvey. He retuned with him and they met the accused, William Brown, about a mile out of Turvey. Going towards Turvey he accused him of stealing his shirt. The prisoner said “you must go to the other two”. They went to the other 2 accused, who were walking together about 50 yards behind Brown. Charles Warren came up whilst he and the Constable were talking to Brown and took hold of the accused Shergold who had the shirt under his coat. As he was going to Turvey he had passed the 3 accused and seen his shirt hanging out of Shergold’s coat. They had been together. Mary Ellis: on 4 October she had hung a shirt on the hedge of her garden at about 11.30am. She missed the shirt about 1pm. The hedge joined the road. The shirt produced was the one she missed. The constable brought the shirt to her and she said, in the presence of the accused, that it was their shirt. Joseph Fenemore: he was the Tollgate Keeper at the Bromham side. He saw the 3 accused on 4 October on Bromham Green. It was the Swan Green going towards Turvey. They were in the company of 3 other men. Mrs Ellis’s house was between the side gate and the green. He had seen the accused looking into Mrs Ellis’s garden. He saw Shergold come over a stone wall into the road. Shergold passed him running and wrapping up his coat over something. The other 2 men were behind him. John Toul: on 4 October about 2.30pm he met the 3 accused on the road from Bromham to Turvey. Brown in front when he stopped him and told him he was accused of stealing from Bromham. Brown said he had not got it and he must go after the other 2. Just as he got to the other 2 accused he saw Warren put his hand in Shergold’s coat and pull out a shirt. Warren gave the shirt to him. Mrs Ellis identified it in the presence of the accused. Shergold said “I taken the shirt”. Statement of the accused: Gibson Collinson – he was not there at the time and was a quarter of a mile off at the time. He and Brown came along the road together. Henry Shergold – all 3 of them were together and they had started in London. William Brown – there was a party of 5 or 6 when the shirt was taken. They were all strangers to him.

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Collinson, Gibson,
Shergold, Henry,
Brown, William,
Ellis, Joseph,
Ellis, Mary,
Fenemore, Joseph,
Toul, John

BROMHAM, TURVEY, stealing, shirt, gatekeeper