Reference
QSR1823/421
Title
Examinations and depositions regarding prosecution of Joseph Ball of Colmworth, labourer, for theft of clothing.
Date free text
1823
Production date
From: 1823 To: 1823
Scope and Content
Information of Joseph Austin of Bushmead, Eaton Socon, labourer, servant to Mr Thomas Topham. Pursued Joseph Ball from Bushmead, overtook and seized him. Brought him back and a bundle of linen was found on him.Information of Martha Austin, wife of Joseph Austin, labourer of Staploe and mother of Joseph Austin of Bushmead [above]. She was nursing Thomas Topham's wife and had washed linen and hung it on the hedge to dry.
The Articles found on Ball were a shirt, 6 napkins, 2 child's gowns, a white handkerchief and a towell.Information of Thomas Topham of Bushmead; identifies the linen as his property.
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