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Description: | Prosecutor: William King of 373 High Street, nurseryman and seedsman.
Witnesses: Henry Atterbury, manager of the Great Northern Railway Station; James Andrews, chief goods loader at the GNR Station; Jane, wife of John Beecroft of 12 St James Street, Doncaster, plate layer; James Handley, chief constable.
Accused: Thomas Burnett. Had lodged with Beecroft and been employed by Mr Wharton of Doncaster, fellmonger, as gardener. Was arrested on his release from Spilsby House of Correction where he had been imprisoned for a similar offence.
Crime: obtaining 3 dozen standard rose trees, 1 dozen apple trees, 3 dozen evergreen shrubs and 30 greenhouse plants in the parish of St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, by a false pretence.
With letters and an invoice produced as evidence. | Subjects: | Country Estates Law & Order Church Of England Parishes Quarter Sessions Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 21 Feb-16 July 1867 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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