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Axe
drawing by
Rob Davies |
The evidence of Police
Sergeant Henry Jones did not help the case of William Magness,
who had been charged with stealing the axe and billhook in 1878. |
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Part
of
court statement 1878 |
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"...I
found the Axe and Hacker now produced in
the kitchen of the Prisoner's home. The Prisoner
was present when I made the search. The Prisoner said "I borrowed
the Axe and the Hacker of a man at Llanigon". I asked the name of
the man but he did not reply. I then charged him with stealing same"...
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"He said "I did not steal them". The Prisoner this morning said "I won't tell the man's name that I borrowed the Axe and Hacker of. I expect he will be here at the meeting".
Things
were not looking good for William Magness
after the missing property turned up in his house - especially after he
claimed that he borrowed them from a mystery
person that he wouldn't name ! By saying that this person "will
be here at the meeting" he meant
that he would attend the court. Stolen tools or borrowed tools ?...
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