QSR1838/1/5/11

Depositions of James Barber, cordwainer of Biggleswade. George Albone, labourer of Biggleswade. In the case of Samuel Mosely accused of stealing a piece of leather.

8 November 1837

From: 1837 To: 1838

James Barber: he was a shoemaker and lived at Biggleswade. On the morning of Sunday 24 September he missed a large quantity of upper leather, some soleing leather and some wetting from his shop. He perceived that someone had been over the paling between his premises and the meeting yard. On Saturday 7 October he went to Samuel Mosely’s house at Upper Caldecot and went into the shop. He saw a bit of his wetting leather there. He took it up. Mosely said nothing. He then went to the public house and found George Albone there. He took Albone with him to Mosely’s shop. He took the leather up again and said to Albone that it was his leather and he said to Mosely “you rascal you have been scratching out the marks”. Mosely said that if he thought it was his leather then to take it away. Being constable he did not know what to do in his own case and did not take it away. He was quite sure it was his leather by the marks which were on it which had not been scratched out. George Albone: he went with Barber to Mosely’s shop. Barber picked up a bit of leather and said it was his. Albone said that Mosely had scratched out the marks. He looked at the leather and saw some marks had been scratched out. Mosely said he had the leather from his brother and that he had not scratched out the marks. Samuel Mosely: he did not scratch out any marks and they could not have been scratched out if there had been any. He repeatedly told Barber to take the leather if it was his. He told Barber to search the house if he thought any more of his leather was there.

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Barber, James,
Albone, George,
Mosely, Samuel

BIGGLESWADE, cordwainer, stealing, leather, shoemaker