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Depositions of Thomas Burbridge farmer of Barton in the Clay. George Armstrong, police constable of Barton in the Clay. James Cheshire, beer house keeper of Barton in the Clay. In the case of Charles Gutteridge accused of breaking and entering a dwelling house and therein stealing 3 sovereigns.

30 December 1867

From: 1867 To: 1868

Thomas Burbridge: he was a farmer and from information received from the police on Saturday 28 December he marked 6 sovereigns and put them into a purse. He put the purse and sovereigns into a drawer in his bedroom. The money was safe about 10.15am on 29 December. He then left home and went to chapel. There was no one left in the house. The back door and kitchen door were bolted and fastened inside. He locked the front door and he went out. They got home about 12.20pm and he went into his bedroom and found 3 sovereigns of the 6 had gone. He found a window a bedroom window had been opened. To the best of his belief the window was screwed down when he went to chapel. He found some fresh footmarks at the back of the house. He saw the policeman, Armstrong, compare a shoe with the footmarks and it corresponded. He saw the policeman take the shoe from the prisoner’s foot. The 3 sovereigns were those he had lost. When the policeman brought the prisoner to his kitchen he told the prisoner he looked to be in an awkward position and believed it was not the first time. The prisoner said it was the first time. PC George Armstrong: on 29 December he went in search of the prisoner and found him at the Sow & Pigs beer house. He searched the prisoner and found 2 marked sovereigns in the prisoner’s purse. He took the prisoner into custody and charged him. The prisoner made no reply. He took the sovereigns to Burbridge and he identified them as the ones he had marked. He took the prisoner into Burbridge’s kitchen and compared the prisoner’s right show to the footmarks at the back of the house. They corresponded. The same day he received another sovereign from James Cheshire, landlord of the Sow & Pigs at Barton. It bore Mr Burbridge’s mark. James Cheshire: he was the keeper of the Sow & Pigs beer house in Barton. On Sunday 29 December the prisoner came to the house a little after noon and changed a sovereign. He gave the sovereign up to PC Armstrong the same day. Statement of the police: nothing.

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Gutteridge, Charles,
Burbridge, Thomas,
Armstrong, George,
Cheshire, James

Barton in the Clay, breaking & entering, stealing, beerhouse keeper, farmer, coins, Barton-le-Clay Sow and Pigs, BARTON-LE-CLAY