Reference
QSR1823/371
Title
Examitations and depositions regarding prosecution of James Laurence of Luton, labourer, for theft of 3 tame pheasants belonging to Thomas Waller.
Date free text
1823
Production date
From: 1823 To: 1823
Scope and Content
Examination of William Webb of Luton. He worked for Thomas Waller of Luton. With John Waller, he also worked for Thomas Waller. Found footsteps which led to a place in the garden where the pheasants had been kept. Six pheasants had been stolen, but one, the worst, was left.
Information of Thomas Tomlinson of Luton. Hearing that James Laurence was offering pheasants for sale he fetched the constable and arrested him, in the street, near the Red Cow. The found three pheasants in his pockets, one of which Tomlinson swears he sold to Waller.
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