Reference
QSR1824/370
Title
Examination of Thomas Solesbury, accused of breaking open a box belonging to John Farrer of Radwell, carpenter, in a bedroom in the house of William Joyce, Radwell.
Date free text
1824
Production date
From: 1824 To: 1824
Scope and Content
He had 2 pints of beer in the house and thought he saw Mr Warden [John Hopkins Warden, Bedford constable] coming by. Knowing that Warden had a warrant for his arrest he went upstairs and got under the bed out of the way. When Farrer found him and asked him what he was doing there he said he thought Warden was after him. Farrer then took him downstairs and searched his pockets but found nothing; he returned upstairs and found his box had been broken open and money taken. He went back downstairs and accused Solesbury, who ‘pulled off his jacket and waistcoat and unbuttoned his breeches to be examined’ but Farrer declined.
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