Newton Abbot: Stealing a duck at Kingsteington: At the police court today, before Dr. Akinson, James Carnell and Richard Joslin, clay cutters, were brought up in the custody of Police Constable Gillard, was charged with stealing a white duck from Edward Tregale, another clay cutter, of Kingsteignton, valued at 3s, on Sunday last. Mr. Watts appeared for the prisoners. The Court was crowded with Kingsteignton people. The prosecutor was called and proved the loss of his duck—a white one and game. He kept the ducks in his pig’s house near the Church. Edward Partridge, a boy, who said he lived at Kingsteignton, and works at Mrs. Whitmarsh’s, Newton. He knew both prisoners. On Sunday last he was in Mr. Pinsent’s marshes about three o’clock in the afternoon, near the railway, when he saw two ducks on the bank. He saw James Cornell and William Joslin there. Cornell sat on the rails; and he saw him take the duck from the creek. Witness was standing on the other side of the brook on the bridge in company with four or five other boys. Prisoner put it under his Guernsey slop. When Cornell took the duck up Joslin was lying on the bank, but they went down the marshes together. They made their way towards Kingsteignton, Cornell carrying the duck. He did not see Joslin touch the duck. In answer to Mr. Watts, the witness said when he went back, he only saw one duck in the brook. Was quite sure he had nothing to do with the clucks. The Bench, at this stage of the proceedings, remanded Carnell to the petty session on Tuesday next, but admitted him to bail himself in £5 and two sureties in £10 each.
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