QSR1912/1/5/2a(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)

The deposistions of witnesses Charles Hart of George Street Luton & William Hall of the Police Station, Herbert Hunt of the Police Station Deposition, John Bateman & Frederick Taylor charged on 1st November 1911 that he did on Friday 27th October 1911 did unlawfully & feloniously steal take & carry away a pair of boots of the value of 10 Shillings & 6 pence the goods & chattels of William Edwin Briggs (trading as Briggs & Company) The deponent Charles Hart on his path said the following;

1st November 1911

From: 1911 To: 1912

I am Manager for William Edwin Briggs of Leicester, Boot Manufacturer trading as Briggs & Company. I am manager of their establishment at 55 George Street Luton. On 27th October 1911 I was in the shop at about 5:30pm when my attention was called to two men identifing one of them Frederick Taylor but I am not sure as to the other. I overtook the man Taylor but the other man got away round Stuart Street. The boots produced were on the prisoner Taylor, They are the property of my employer & I value them at 10 shillings & 6 pence, I last saw the boots about half an hour before I took them from the man. They then were stacked with other boots outside the shop window in the place where I had put them. I did not take the bbots from Bateman. Signed Charles Hart. The deponent William Hall said; I am a Police Constable in thw Luton Borough Police Force. At 5:40pm on October 27th 1911 I was on duty at the bottom of George Street West. I looked up George Street West & saw the prisoner Taylor being bought down the street by the last witness & he gave him into my custody. Bateman came up at the time & the witness Hart said to Bateman, 'Were you outside with the other man (meaning with Taylor) Bateman replied 'Yes I was ' I took both into custody, charged them both together . Taylor replied 'Yes I pinched the black uns' pointing to the pair of boots produced, The other person made no reply. Signed William H Hall The deponent Herbert Hunt said; I am a sergeant in the Luton Borough Police Force; At 5:15 on the dain question I was on duty in George Street. I saw the two prisoners together, They were standing at the bottom of George Street West & they were both looking at Briggs Boot Shop. I afterwards saw them st the Police Station & indentified them as the men I saw. Signed Herbert Hunt PS no 2

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Hart, Charles,
Hall, William,
Hunt, Herbert,
Taylor, Frederick,
Bateman, John

LUTON, stealing, boots