QSR1834/2/5/7

John Partridge, dealer in straw plait of Leighton Buzzard. Mary Ann Wyton, wife of William Wyton of Leighton Buzzard, a brazier. James Sapple, labourer of Leighton Buzzard. In the case of Newman Emmerton accused of stealing lead from a warehouse.

24 March 1834

From: 1834 To: 1834

John Partridge: about 8am a man by the name of James Cosby came to him and asked if he had lost any lead. He replied that he did not know and Cosby said that he asked because Newman Emmerton had been offering some for sale and he knew Emmerton had been working for him. He called his man Charles Briggs and asked him if he knew whether any lead had been lost and he sent Briggs up to the warehouse to see if any had gone. Briggs came back and said a piece had gone which was used to stamp the leaves for the ornaments for bonnets. He then went out to make enquiries and a man named Samuel Brandram came and told him that Newman Emmerton had offered, on the Saturday night, him a piece of lead for dale but he had not bought it as he believed it stolen. He went with Cosby to several people who he thought may buy such things and they went to the shop of Mr Wyton. They asked him if he had bought any lead on Saturday and Wyton said he would ask his wife. Wyton came back and said that his wife had and produced a piece of lead which Partridge identified as his. Mrs Wyton told him she had bought it off a young lad and had given 20 pence for it as it had weighed 20 pounds. She had asked the lads name and he had told her it was James Sapple. Mary Ann Wyton: between 7pm and 8pm on Saturday, a lad who told her his name was James Sapple. Sapple asked her to buy a piece of lead which was his mother and she wanted to sell it to buy some coals. She gave 20 pence for it, which was a fair price. Mr Partridge asked to see the lead and claimed it as his. James Sapple: he had known Newman Emmerton since he was a child. On Saturday night he saw Emmerton coming out of Richard Stratford’s and he said to him that he had a job for him to do. Emmerton wanted him to sell a bit of lead for him to man by the name of Purser and also to Joseph Sharp but he did not like it as he had never been in their shops. They got to Mr Wyton’s and Emmerton gave him the lead and told him to go in there and say it was his mothers. He was willing to offer it to Mr Wyton as he been to his shop several times before. Emmerton told him to say it was his mothers as he had bought it off Jabus [?] Partridge and he did not wish Mr Partridge to know that his son had sold it to him and that it was taken from among some bonnets, boxes and old iron. He took the 20 pence to Emmerton and Emmerton gave him a penny for selling it. Statement of the accused: on Staurday night he went up to Mr Partridge’s store room to get some straw, as he was working for Mr Partridge. He went into the warehouse and saw a bit of lead and took it. After work he took it to town and gave it to James Sapple to sell for him. Sapple sold it and bought him the money.

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Emmerton, Newman,
Partridge, John,
Wyton, Mary Ann,
Wyton, William,
Sapple, James,
Briggs, Charles,
Cosby, James,
Purser,
Sharp, Joseph

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, brazier, stealing, lead, dealer in straw plait