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| WILLIAM MUTUM |
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Thanks to Margaret Todd March 2019 for the
October 1829 lead on this one.
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On Tuesday 7th July 1829 John Webster (16), John Dugdale (18),
Henry Watson (21), Matthew Middleton (18) and Isaac Chapman (18)
were accused, that on 14th May, they stole two calico bags
containing ninety sovereigns, twenty half sovereigns and nine
pounds in silver coins, the property of one Edward Oxley.
Henry Watson was apprehended on the evening of Sunday 17th May
and he was found to be in possession of eight sovereigns and 8s
6d in silver.
Webster was arrested on 18th May and confessed to the crime,
declaring that Matthew Middleton had some of the money.
On Friday 22nd May 1849, eight days after the robbery, Dugdale,
Middleton and Chapman had been seen at Mutum's public
house in Heigham. They had given two sovereigns to the
girl at Mutum's to be changed.
When Middleton was confronted he went to his mother's garden and
dug up a parcel containing 52 sovereigns. On 25th May another
search of the garden produced one more sovereign and four half
sovereigns, hidden under a stone. Another sovereign and a half
sovereign were found near the river, stuck in a wooden board.
Chapman, Dugdale, Watson and Webster were transported for 14
years.
Middleton to serve 12 months imprisonment with hard labour. |
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At the Quarter Sessions held Tuesday 13th October
1829, landlord William Mutum was found guilty of keeping a disorderly
house, the BLAZING STAR,
without St. Giles Gates. It was said that the house was the receptacle for thieves, prostitutes
and other persons of bad character.
Sentenced to 12 calendar months imprisonment and hard labour.
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Named after The Great Comet of 1811?
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