QSR1838/1/5/12

Depositions of John French, labourer of Marston. Esau Denton, labourer of Marston. In the case of Charles Gillett accused of stealing a faggot.

16 November 1837

From: 1837 To: 1838

John French: on Sunday evening he was in Mr Simpson’s Close and saw Charles Gillett coming along the road. He saw Gillett reach over the fence into Esau Denton’s garden and take a faggot from a pile of wood in the garden. William Cook was with Gillett but did not do anything. He called Esau Denton and they went after Gillett and Cook and he caught them but they did not have the fagot. They went back to Denton’s house. There was another man there, George Baird, who said “Let them alone”. They all went on together. Esau Denton: he had a faggot pile standing by the roadside inside his garden. He was called up by John French who told him 2 men were stealing his wood. They went together and caught Gillett and Cook about 2 furlongs up the road. They had not got the faggot but came back with him. He accused them of stealing the faggot. They denied it. He let them go and they called to him that the faggot lay in the road. He went and saw it was his faggot. He knew it to be his by the long shape of it and by the wood which was whitethorn. The faggot was worth 3d. Charles Gillett: he did take it. He carried it a little way and then threw it down. He did not know why he took it. Denton said he’d forgive him if he had the faggot again.

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Gillett, Charles,
French, John,
Denton, Esau,
Baird, George,
Cook, William

Marston, stealing, wood