QSR1823/272

Depositions of Joseph Kennings of Bedford, constable. Describes how he, Negus, Prior and Warden, other constables of Bedford, were watching the shop of William Stennett. Saw Stephen Brittain enter; soon afterwards Joseph Kennings went into Stennett's yard 'by the Bull in Gaol Lane.' Although there was no-one in the yard he saw some sheep skins 'laying near the dunghill.' Mr Warden arrested John Edmunds. There was a wheelbarrow in the yard which John Manyweathers, another constable, claimed as his property. Information of Samuel Negus of Bedford, constable; similar to the foregoing.

1823

From: 1823 To: 1823

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Kennings, Joseph,
Negus, Samuel,
Warden, John Hopkins,
Prior,
Stennett, William,
Brittain, Stephen,
Edmunds, John,
Manyweathers, John

BEDFORD, early constables, Bedford Gaol Lane, Bedford Bull, theft