Reference
QSR1816/197
Title
Examinations & depositions: Information of John Spicer, Potton, linen draper:
Date free text
1816
Production date
From: 1816 To: 1816
Scope and Content
He was ‘legally appointed Clerk, or Superintendent of the Market at Potton, for the purpose of accommodating disputes and of preserving order and regularity there’. William Fowler late a private soldier came drunk into the market place and broke down trusses and stands. He again came in the same condition the following week. From the stall of John Pyatt, he took garden seeds and threw them on the ground and mixed them together. John Pyatt applied to John Spicer for protection; John Spicer sent for the constable, John Page who took him into custody but soon afterwards released him on promise that he would go away. He went away but soon returned to John Pyatt’s stall where he threatened to kick John Pyatt ‘over the wall’. James Ingle, Potton, butcher was then assaulted and eventually William Fowler was put into the cage ‘a strong brick building’ by the constable. He was safe inside at 10pm, but the cage was broken open during the night and he had disappeared. He was brought before a justice four days later. See also QSR1816/196.
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