QSR1821/291

Examinations and depositions. Information of William Sergeant of Bedford, tailor and slop seller. Identifies a smock frock as his property by the ticket on it.

1821

From: 1821 To: 1821

Information of Ebenezer Careless of Bedford, labourer. Identifies the frock by the ticket as the property of his master. He saw Thomas Smith, who assisted them at Ampthill fair, show it to Sharpe of Wilstead, but it was not sold then. He was sure it was on their stall at Ampthill fair and he saw the prisoner, Samuel Robinson of Houghton Conquest there. Information of Joseph Sergeant, son of William Sergeant; saw the frock on the stall at Ampthill fair, but did not sell it. Information of Thomas Smith of Elstow, tailor; identifies the frock as one that was on the stall at Ampthill fair, but did not sell it. Examination of Samuel Robinson, who says his son John brought the frock to his house on the night of the fair and said he had bought it at the fair. He put in in a box in a room where he and his other children slept. He and his wife and son John all kept their clothes in the same box. Note by Justice of the Peace saying that John Robinson together with his brother William are on gaol, charged with highway robbery.

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Sergeant, William,
Careless, Ebenezer,
Smith, Thomas,
Sharpe,
Robinson, Samuel,
Sergeant, Joseph,
Smith, Thomas,
Robinson, John,
Robinson, William

BEDFORD, tailor, slop seller, clothing, labourer, fairs, AMPTHILL, Wilstead, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, ELSTOW, specific justices of the peace, highway robbery