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Depositions of William Foster, Jesse Abbiss and William Henry Currell. In the case of John Henry Chevins, accused of stealing a tin box containing 12 pairs of scissors, ten pendants, 6 collars and fronts, 3 pocket handkerchiefs.

27 October 1897

From: 1897 To: 1897

William Foster: a travelling hawker. On 16th, 17th and 18th October he was lodging at the Griffin Inn, Luton. He had in his possession a tin box. On 16th October he put the box in the store room for travellers’ luggage. The box contained 12 pairs of scissors in a case, 11 pendants, 6 shirt fronts and collars, 2 bath towels, 3 pocket handkerchiefs and 1 leather wrist strap. The prisoner was lodging at the Griffin on 16th October and left on Monday 18th October. He got up that morning between 7am and 8am and went to the luggage room for a towel. He found his box and contents missing. The prisoner had left the inn that morning. Jesse Abbiss: a shunter in the employment of the Great Northern railway Company. On Monday 18th October he was on the Northern Railway platform when he saw the prisoner about 6.30am. He saw the box standing on the platform before he saw the prisoner. When the train came to the platform the prisoner picked up the box and got into the train with it. On 25th October he saw the prisoner at the police office in Luton with another man and identified him as the man he saw pick up the box up on 18th October. William Henry Currell: a sergeant of the Luton Borough Police Force. On 24th October he received the prisoner along with the box from Lincoln City Police. He cautioned and charged the prisoner at Lincoln. The prisoner did not say anything. He then charged the prisoner with stealing a tin box containing 12 pairs of scissors, 2 bath towels, 6 collars and fronts, 10 pendants, 3 pocket handkerchiefs and 1 wrist strap. John Henry Chevins: Nothing to say.

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Foster, William,
Abbiss, Jesse,
Currell, William Henry,
Chevins, John Henry

LUTON, Lincoln, hawker, railway worker, sergeant, stealing, scissors, JEWELLERY, handkerchief, railway