QSR1834/4/5/11

Deposition of James Carrington of Potton. Charles Johnson of Potton. Davis Dear of Potton. In the case of John Deane accused of stealing metal.

29 September 1834

From: 1834 To: 1834

James Carrington: he was the clerk to Mr Thomas Hagger, an ironmonger and auctioneer at Potton. Several pieces of metal, mainly brass, had been missed from the shop. On 19 May 1834 a little boy names Charles Johnson came into the shop and offered some pieces of metal for sale. An apprentice called him into the shop and the boy offered him the metal. He knew it to be the metal which Mr Hagger had lost. The boy had been engaged by a man named John Deane, who had worked for Mr Hagger at the some the metal was missed. Deane waited outside and he went out and asked him how he came by it. Deane said he bought it out of the country a fortnight previous from a shepherd in Potton. He had lived in Potton for some years. It was the same that had been missed from Mr Hagger’s shop. Johnson was on creditable parents and bore a good character. Charles Johnson: he lived at Potton with his mother and did little odd jobs when he could get employment. He did not know his age but thought it to be 12. In the Summer he was at Joseph Shearman’s house in Potton and John Deane came in and asked if he would go with him and sell some brass at Mr Hagger’s. He was promised a few marbles for his trouble. He took the brass to Mr Hagger’s for Deane whilst he waited outside for the money. He was quite sure that the brass produced by Mr Carrington was the same he gave him to sell. He had carried it in his smock frock. David Dear: he has heard the evidence given by Mr Carrington and as far as he knew it was correct. He worked for Mr Hagger and considered most of the brass produced to be his property.

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Deane, John,
Carrington, James,
Dear, David,
Johnson, Charles,
Hagger, Thomas,
Shearman, Joseph

POTTON, stealing, metal, ironmongers, auctioneers