The Proceedings of the old bailey. London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913.
James May. Edward Fleming, animal theft, 19th September 1842.
2767. JAMES MAY and EDWARD FLEMING were indicted for stealing, on the 19th of September, 200lbs. weight of eels, value 4l. 10s.; the goods of Ann Gulden arm.
JOSEPH LEWIS . I am a Thames police-inspector. At a quarter before four o'clock, in the morning of the 19th of September, I saw a boat rowing away from some eel vessels, which were lying off BillingsgateI gave chase and captured the two prisoners in the boat, at the opposite side of the waterin the bottom of the boat were 200lbs. of live eels, and by the side of the boat was this part of a basket, which is used to fasten the eels in withFleming was rowing, and May was standing up shovingthere was a dredge in the boat, but it had no rope to itthey said a man gave them 5s. to row the eels to Gravesend,. and not to give them to any one till he camethey were then about thirty miles from Gravesend.
Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE. Q. Which of them said this? A. May spoke first, and then Fleming said the sameI asked May how he accounted for the eels? and then be said a man gave them 5s. to take the eels to GravesendI took them to the office directly.
COURT. Q. HOW did you find who the eels belonged to? A. I rowed up, and hailed the vesselsthe captain came on deck, and said he had lost 200lbs. of eels.
LEONARD FIAS BARGINALL . I am a Thames police-constableI was with the inspector, and saw May standing in the boat, and Fleming rowing itMay had a kind of eel-basket, and I saw him stoop, as if he was putting something into the bottom of the boat, but what it was I do not know.
Fleming. Q. Did you see us row through the tier? A. Yes, through the tier outsideyou might have come down insideI did not see you come from the shipyou then rowed across the waterI only saw one basketI do not know what became of itwhen I came up to you, there was a small basket in the head of your boatthe inspector picked up another basket in the waterI was alongside the steam-boat when you came through the tierI thought you had something that did not belong to you, and then I told the inspector there was a basket in your boatyou must have chucked it overboard.
COURT. Q. IS this your signature to this deposition? A. Yes(the deposition being read, stated, "A basket similar to the one now produced was standing on its end, in the stern of the boat where May was.")
ANNE GURLDENARM . I am captain of an eel-vessel; she was lying off the Custom-house. On the morning of the 19th of September Lewis came to me, and I missed three baskets from the boat at the stern of my vessel, and 200lbs. of eelsI have seen those eels which the officer foundthey are the same sort as mine, and weigh the same as those I lostmy eel-baskets had exactly such lids as this basket, and I think this is one of themI got my eels from the lower part of the coast of Hollandthese are about the same weight, about three to a poundthey are kept in a place that the water runs through, and were worth 4l. 8s.
Fleming. Q. You left the eels in the lug-boat? A. Yes, astern of the vessel, in four basketsthere was nobody watching themthey were there at two o'clockwhen I got out of bed at five I missed them. MAY** GUILTY . Aged 25. Transported for Seven Years. FLEMING GUILTY . Aged 19. Confined One Year.
Hij is getrouwd met Taetske Boersma.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 27 maart 1844 te Workum, Friesland, Nederland , hij was toen 23 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
Anne Adamus Guldenarm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taetske Boersma |
Archief: BS
Archiefnaam: RAF
Gebeurtenissen 1821
Archief: BS
Archiefnaam: RAF
Gebeurtenissen 1902