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Deposition and examination – William Hill charged with receiving one woollen cap, the property of James Grant, knowing it to have been stolen

17 November 1834

From: 1834 To: 1835

James Grant, coachman – last Friday he came from London by the Kettering coach to Barton-in-the-Clay. At the Crown public house he took his luggage from the coach and gave it to Mr Hughes, the master of the house. On sending for his luggage on the evening he was informed that one parcel was missing. On Saturday he went over to Barton and was informed by Mr Hughes that he knew nothing about it. Yesterday afternoon he went to Barton again, where he saw William Hill with his cup (now produced) on his head. The cap was in the parcel – a basket – which he left at the Crown on Friday. The basket contained one pair of wooden clogs, one pair of uncle shoes, one pair of thin shoes and one pair of stout shoes. William Hill of Barton-in-the-Clay – on the night of Friday last he was in the beginning of the new road in the parish of Barton when George Day called him and said he had been taking some things from the entry of Master Hughes’ house. They then went together to Luke Wilson’s beer shop and after they had been drinking for some time they went into Master Brown’s field where George Day took a cap out of a hamper and offered to sell it to him for 6d. He bought the cap.

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Hill, William,
Grant, James,
Day, George,
Wilson, Luke,
Hughes

BARTON-LE-CLAY, receiving stolen goods, hats, shoes, coachman, road transport, Barton-le-Clay Crown, innkeeper, beerhouses