Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    QSR1835/3/5/15
  • Title
    Deposition - John Crouch, charged with assaulting Mary, wife of Thomas Devonshire, with intent to commit a rape
  • Date free text
    29 April 1835
  • Production date
    From: 1835 To: 1835
  • Scope and Content
    Mary, wife of Thomas Devonshire – she lives at Ireland in the parish of Southill. Last Saturday week 18 April she was going along the road from Ireland to Southill and was in the parish of Southill when John Crouch came behind her, jumped on her back and threw her down [description of assault …] She does not think she could have got away from him if some nieghbours had not come up. He then ran away.
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