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Indictment of Sydney Buckingham and William Andrews - Housebreaking and Larceny

24th June, 1922

From: 1922 To: 1922

INDICTIMENT The King -v- Sydney Buckingham and William Andrews Court of Trial: Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions held at Bedford Presentment of the Grand Jury: Sydney Buckingham and William Andrews are charged with the following Offence: - First Count. Statement of Offence: - Housebreaking and Larceny, contrary to Section 26(1) of the Larceny Act, 1916 Particulars of Offence: - Sydney Buckingham and William Andrews on the twenty-fourth day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two in the County of Bedford, broke and entered the dwellinghouse of Hugh Cumberland and stole eighteen dessert knives, seventeen dessert forks, twenty two table forks, six spoons, a mustard pot, a bone pick, a sardine fork, a glass rose bowl, a tray, two dessert dishes, a mustard spoon, three salt pot stands, two cigar cases, a glass decanter, a pickle fork, a bottle containing lime juice cordial, and a bag together of the value of thirty pounds the property of the said Hugh Cumberland in the said dwelling house. Second Count. Statement of Offence: - Receiving stolen goods, contrary to Section 33(1) of the Larceny Act, 1916. Particulars of Offence: - Sydney Buckingham and William Andrews on the Twenty-Fourth day of June in the year aforesaid in the County of Bedford did receive eighteen dessert knives, seventeen dessert forks, twenty two table forks, six spoons, a mustard pot, a bone pick, a sardine fork, a glass rose bowl, a tray, two dessert dishes, a mustard spoon, three salt pot stands, two cigar cases, a glass decanter, a pickle folk, a bottle containing lime juice cordial, and a bag the property of the said Hugh Cumberland knowing the same to have been stolen. Date of Trial: - 11th October 1922 Plea: - Buckingham: Guilty; Andrews: Guilty. Judgement: - Buckingham - 3 months imprisonment on each Indictment (concurrent). Andrews – 6 months imprisonment on each indictment (concurrent). (signed) Presiding Chairman: Henry Martin Lindsell Esq C.B. (signed) Marks. Rear of Document: - Witnesses Ivy Annie Alderman David King John Frederick King Herbert Bryant Hugh Cumberland Arthur Bacon (Police Sergeant) True Bill (signed) Henry William Longhurst (Forman of the Jury)

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Buckingham, Sydney,
Andrews, William,
Cumberland, Hugh,
Lindsell, Henry Martin,
Marks, W.W.,
Alderman, Ivy Annie,
King, David,
Longhurst, Henry William,
Bryant, Herbert,
Bacon, Arthur,
Longhurst, Henry William

Bedford Shire Hall, breaking & entering, larceny, receiving stolen goods, cutlery