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Depositions of William Howson, shoemaker of Flitwick, Samuel Cass and Edward Scott. In the case of James Dillingham accused of stealing a tame rabbit.

27 November 1848

From: 1848 To: 1849

William Howson: kept rabbits at the back of his house. On returning home, his wife told him someone had been at the rabbits and that she thought it was James Dillingham. Howson discovered the lock on the door to the rabbits broken. He advised Edward Scott and went with him to the home of Dillingham. There they found rabbit puddings to be cooking. Dillingham claimed it was a hare not rabbit. Samuel Cass: swore that Dillingham was at the Blackbirds public house in Flitwick, when the theft was supposed to have occured.

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Dillingham, James,
Howson, William,
Scott, Edward

FLITWICK, Flitwick Blackbirds, stealing, rabbits, puddings