Reference
QSR1817/233
Title
Examinations & Depositions: Information of William Dennis, Sharnbrook -
Date free text
1817
Production date
From: 1817 To: 1817
Scope and Content
He was going to Odell and stopped at the Six Bells in Felmersham for a mug of beer.
There was a party of gypsies in the house who after some time became troublesome 'for they had proceeded to throw the beer at one another and to break glasses and mugs, because they were refused to have any more beer drawn'. He was asked by Ann Hulet, who had been left in charge, to assist in getting them out. During the ensuing disturbance the mistress of the house came home and alarmed at the disorder, requested him to get the women of the party outside. While he was endeavouring to do this Plato Smith assaulted him in the yard 'with an intent to bring the women back into the house'. Deposition of James Brown, constable of Felmersham who tried to disperse the gypsies but 'Plato Smith and his sister Jane were so very disorderly, abusive and refractory that he thought it his duty to secure them and bring them to justice'.
See also QSR1817/234, 421.
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