QSR1911/4/5/11c (i)(ii)(ii)(iv)(v)(vi)

Rex v Amos Clark: Depositions & List of Exhibits

20th September 1911

From: 1911 To: 1911

QSR1911/4/5/11c (i) Borough of Luton to wit. Amos Clark stands before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Luton this 20th day of September in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eleven for that he the said Amos Clark on the 16thnd day of September 1911, at the Borough of Luton, feloniously did break and enter the Factory of William Newins Ward there situate with intent to commit therein to wit, feloniously to steal divers goods and chattels therein. And the said Charge being read to the said Amos Clark and the Witness for the Prosecution being severally examined in his presence the said Amos Clark is now addressed by me as follows: “Having heard the evidence, do you wish to say anything in answer to the charge? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so; but whatever you say will be taken down in Writing, and may be given in Evidence against you upon your Trial. And you are clearly to understand that you have nothing to hope from any Promise of Favour, and nothing to fear from any Threat, which may have been holden out to you to induce you to make any admission or confession of you gilt, but whatever you shall now say may be given in evidence against you upon your trial, notwithstanding such Promise or Threat:” Whereupon the said Amos Clark saith as follows:- I plead guilty and I am very sorry. Rear of Document: Taken before me at the Court House, Luton in the Borough aforesaid, on the day and year first above mentioned. And immediately after obeying the directions of the 18th Section of the Act Eleventh and Twelfth Victoria, chapter Forty-Two, I, the said Justice of the Peace, did demand and require of the said Amos Clark whether he desired to call any Witness; and thereupon in answer to such demand the said Amos Clark [neither] called or desired to call [any person or persons] Signed Albert Wilkinson as Witnesses ------------------ QSR1911/4/5/11c (ii) Borough of Luton, To Wit The Examination of, Walter How of 61 Boyle Street in the Borough of Luton, And David Parsons of the Police Station in the said Borough, Taken on Oath 20th day of September in the Year of our Lord One thousand Nine Hundred and Eleven at Luton, in the Borough of Luton aforesaid, before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Borough of Luton, in the presence and hearing of Amos Clark who was charged this day before me for that he the said Amos Clark Saturday, the 16th day of September One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eleven at the Borough of Luton aforesaid. Feloniously did break and enter the Factory of William Newins Ward there situate with intent to commit felony therein to wit, feloniously to steal divers goods and chattels therein. This Deponent Walter How on his Oath saith as follows:- ------------------- QSR1911/4/5/11c (iii) I live at 61 Boyle Street, Luton and am a straw-hat stiffener in the employ of Mr William Newins Ward. On Friday the 15th instant I was at work until 10.30pm when I finished work I locked up the factory at No.9 Pell Street Luton. There was a pane of glass broken in the top of the blockhouse window. By putting an arm in the window, one could unfasten the window. The window was fastened securely when I left. Signed W. How --------------------------- QSR1911/4/5/11c (iv)(v) This Deponent David Parsons of (left blank) upon his Oath saith as follows: I am a Police Constable in the Luton Borough Police Force. I remember Saturday the 16th instant from instructions received I went and locked myself in the warehouse No. 9 Peel Street to watch the place. I went just before 4am. At 5.30amI saw, the Prisoner put his arm through the broken pane of the blockhouse window, undo the catch, and open the window and step into the room. He then fastened the window up again. I then stepped out from my hiding place and said to him “This game has been played long enough” He replied, “I have only been here once before. I then took him into custody and conveyed him to the Police Station where I charged him with breaking and entering the factory occupied by Mr. Ward of No. 9 Peel Street. He made no reply. On searching him, I found the bag produced in his pocket. Signed David Parsons ------------------------------- QSR1911/4/5/11c (vi) List of Exhibits - Rex -v- Amos Clark One bag produced by Prosecution Signed by A Frank Barnard (Acting Clerk to Committing Justice.

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Clark, Amos,
Ward, William Newins,
Wilkinson, Albert,
How, Walter,
Parsons, David,
Barnard, A. Frank

felony, breaking & entering, stealing, hats, LUTON, Luton Boyle Street, BEDFORDSHIRE