Reference
QSR1824/333
Title
Examination of James Morton of Potton, journeyman ironmonger to Mr Hagger of Potton. regarding prosecuition of Samuel Usher, for theft of lead from Stephen Thornton Esquire.
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1824
Production date
From: 1824 To: 1824
Scope and Content
Mrs Smith of Everton told him that some lead had been stolen from her premises and asked him to keep a look out for it. Next day he saw Miss Hagger in the shop weighing some lead for a man and asked him the price. He went and told Mr Hagger of his suspicions. Mr Hagger came out and asked the person where he had got the lead from and he said he had bought it from a person in Sandy whose name he did not know but whom he has seen before, Mr Hagger then said he would keep the lead and if it was not that which was stolen he would pay him later for it. Mr Thornton called to examine it. A day or two later, he [Morton] sent it over by their servant, George Peters, to Mr Hagger of Biggleswade. Morton then went to Biggleswade and took it from Mr Hagger’s shop to the Swan Inn, where he handed it over to Mr Barker of Sandy.
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