Harborough
Petty Sessions,
Tuesday, April 19th
William Burditt, servant, was charged by his master
Mr. W. M. Iliff,
of Desborough, with leaving his service on Sunday evening the 17th
instant, in defiance of his master's orders, this being his second
offence. In February he was taken before Colonel Rokeby, and then made a
written promise not to offend again. Mr. Brooke committed him for a
month to hard labour.
Leicestershire Mercury, Saturday 23 April 1842
See also a somewhat different
account