QSR1921/1/5/2b (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii)

Deposition of John Lawrence, Francis William Dyer and Arthur Bacon in the case of Peter Bellamy.

9th October 1920

From: 1920 To: 1921

QSR1921/1/5/2b(i)(ii)(iii) The Borough of Luton to Wit} The Examination of John Lawrence of 12 Melbourne Road in the Borough of Luton And of Francis William Dyer of 35 Westbourne Road in the said Borough And of Arthur Bacon of Police Station in the said Borough Taken on Oath this 20th day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty at Luton in the Borough of Luton aforesaid, before the undersigned, one of Is Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Borough of Luton, in the presence and hearing of PERCY BELLAMY who was charged this day before me for that he the said PERCY BELLAMY on Saturday the 9th day of October One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty at the Borough of Luton aforesaid, Unlawfully and knowingly by a certain false pretence did obtain of and from John Lawrence the sum of FIVE POUNDS, with intent to cheat and defraud the said John Lawrence of the same. This Deponent John Lawrence on his Oath saith as follows: - I live at 12 Melbourne Road Luton and am a fruiter. On Saturday the second October 1920 I was in Castle Street Luton with my Wife. I there met my brother in-law and the prisoner. My brother in-law introduced prisoner to me. Prisoner told me he was going to start in business as a fish merchant. On Saturday the9th October about 5 o’clock I found the Prisoner and my brother in-law at my house waiting for me. In consequence of something said to me I took the prisoner into my sitting room and he showed me an envelope with “Lloyds Bank” printed on it. He asked me to lend him £5 until Monday when he was expecting £100 from his Solicitor. He told me he had a Banking Account. He had told me that he came from Grimsby and had six houses at Stockport. My brother in-law in prisoners presence told me he the prisoner had money from Lloyds Bank at Luton to his knowledge I believed the prisoners statements and also what my brother in-law had said in the prisoners presence and I lent the Prisoner £5 in Treasury notes. (signed) John Lawrence. (QSR1921/1/5/2b(iv) This Deponent Francis William Dyer of 35 Westbourne Road Luton on his Oath saith as follows: - I am Chief-Clerk in Luton Branch in Lloyds Bank Limited. I do not know the prisoner. He has no account at Lloyds Bank at Luton and has never had an account with us, neither has his wife. (signed) Francis W. Dyer QSR1921/1/5/2b(v)(vi) This Deponent Arthur Bacon of Luton on his Oath saith as follows: - I am a Detective Sergeant in the Luton Borough Police Force. On the 16th October 1920 I received the warrant produced for the prisoners arrest. I made enquiries and found he had left the town. On the 12th November he was arrested by the Peterborough Police. On the 13th November I received the prisoner into custody at the Luton Police Station. I cautioned him read the warrant over to him and he replied “yes I had the money but I am very sorry now” I have made enquiries and find that the prisoner was in lodgings at 102 Albert Road which is a dwelling house and he has not carried on a fish business at all. (signed) Arthur Bacon QSR1921/1/5/2b(vii) Borough of Luton to wit} PERCY BELLAMY stands charged before the undersigned, one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Luton, this 20th day of November in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty for that he the said PERCY BELLAMY on the 9th day of October 1920, at the Borough of Luton, unlawfully and knowingly by a certain false pretence did obtain of and from John Lawrence the sum of FIVE POUNDS with intent to cheat and defraud the said John Lawrence of the same. And the said Charge being read to the said PERCEY BELLAMY and the Witnesses for the Prosecution being severally examined in his presence, the said PERCY BELLAMY 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 your guilt, but whatever you shall now say may be given in evidence against you upon your Trial, notwithstanding such Promise or threat”: Whereupon the said PERCY BELLAMY saith as follows “I have nothing to say”. 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 direction 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 Percy Bellamy whether he desired to call any Wit ness: and thereupon in answer to such demand the said Percy Bellamy [neither] called or desired to call [any person or persons] as Witnesses. Signed: Edwin Oakley

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Bellamy, Percy,
Lawrence, John,
Dyer, Francis William,
Bacon, Arthur,
Oakley, Edwin

Luton Castle Street, Luton Albert Street, false pretences, fraud, money, Lloyds Bank Limited