James Beckett

  Research Notes:

Andrew notes from Michael Flynn's book:
THE Examination of James Beckett
of the Parifh of Holy Cross and Saint Giles
in the Town and Liberties of Shrewsbury, in the County
of Salop, Labourer taken before me one of his
Majefty's juftices of the peace in and for the faid
Town and Liberties the seventeenth day of
June in the year of our lord one thoufand
feven hundred and eighty-eight The faid
James Beckett being charged before me for
that he the said James Beckett on Tuesday night last in the Kings
Highway in the said Parish did upon Joseph Tipton here present
Feloniously make an Afsault and him the said Joseph Tipton
in Bodily Fear and Danger of his Life in the said Highway
then and there did put feloniously did put and eight Shillings
and two sixpences in silver a Hempon Bag a cotton Handkerchief
a silk Handkerchief and other things of the Goods and
chattels of the said Joseph Tipton from the person and against
the Will of the said Joseph Tipton in the Highway aforesaid
then and there feloniously and violently did steal take and
carry away. Says he was in Shrewsbury all Tuesday
last - was at Mr Pughs in the said Town from six o'clock
in the Evening til eight half past eight, then went to his
mothers opposite Mr Pughs eat his supper and went to Bed
and lay there til five in the Morning that his Sister lay
in the same Bed all the Time and that Mr Pugh and
Mr Yeomans of the same Town
saw him while he was at Mr Pughs
The Mark X of
James Beckett
Thos. Kynnersley (signature)
Town and Liberties of
Shrewsbury in the
County of Salop.
Taken at the Exchequer in the faid
Town, the Day and Year firft above written
before
Thos. Kynnersley (signature)

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