GOODS STOLEN AND VALUES GIVEN AT QUARTER SESSIONS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1819-1834 TILBERIA

BUCKS PEOPLE

The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies offers a wealth of documents and information about our ancestors. This includes notes from the Justices' casebooks at Quarter Sessions, which mostly dealt with petty crime - theft to have enough food, or perhaps to make a little money by selling or pawning? The predominance of some items, and the absence of others (e.g. beer, eggs), together with their almost unchanged value over five years, caught my interest - C.

THIEVES MARKET

STOLEN PROPERTY, QUARTER SESSIONS 1819-1834

The items listed were stolen individually and severally;
I have attempted to group them according to type/context.
Images: from trade directories (1828-1879).

Dress Household Fine and Fancy
From the Larder Wing and Paw On the Hoof
Man's World Tool Kit Basic Materials
Growing Things Carried Away Bring Back...

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