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Depositions of Thomas Dawson, yeoman of Ampthill, and William Hillyard, police constable, in the case of John Goodman, labourer of Ampthill, accused of stealing a smock, neckhandkerchief, hat and pair of stockings, property of the Ampthill Union.

23 June 1849

From: 1849 To: 1849

Thomas Dawson: master of the Ampthill Union Workhouse. John Goodwin was an inmate. Dawson found some of the paupers without their proper clothing. On asking, a pauper, John Lineham, said he'd seen John Goodwin taking them. William Hillyard: on charging John Goodwin, he asked what he had done with the items. Goodwin told him he had sold them at St Albans.

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Goodwin, John,
Dawson, Thomas,
Hillyard, William,
Lineham, John

AMPTHILL, St Albans, Ampthill Poor Law Union, Master of the workhouse, stealing, clothing