QSR1849/1/5/15/b

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

Edward Scott, police constable: on visiting the accused he found him boiling rabbit puddings. Dillingham said they were hare. He could not supply the skin as his brother had eaten it. Scott took the puddings into custody. Scott then searched the house, finding a fleck of white rabbit in a jacket pocket and fresh blood stains. He asked the accused if he only owned the shoes he wore. Dillingham directed him to mouldy ones in the stair hole. These had not been worn in some time. However, Scott later found a pair of shoes hidden in a childs craddle. He took them to Howson's house to compare them with footmarks left behind, they matched. James Dillingham: stated his innocence, claiming "what I got I got honestly"

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Dillingham, James,
Howson, William,
Scott, Edward

FLITWICK, Flitwick Blackbirds, puddings, rabbits, stealing