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TitleDepositions before J.P.'s.: In the case of William Ruff the younger accused by William Faux, Somersham, farmer of stealing from his house 8 bushels of coals, 2 gallons of white currant wine, 1 gallon of brandy, 1 gallon of rum.
DescriptionStatements; from accused that he had only drunk some wine out of the spile peg with a pipe when the servant was in the house; from William Ruff the elder, labourer, employed by William Faux; from Mary Hodson, servant to William Faux and her sister; from Jane Burgess, engaged to be married to William Ruff the younger, who describes a cellar party of the young people in the master's absence, at Mary Hodson's invitation, the elder Ruff disapproving. She pulled the spile peg and William Ruff aforesaid put a piece of tobacco pipe into the hole and they all sucked the wine till six at night.
DateJan 1822
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire Quarter Sessions records
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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