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Depositions of Edmund Collings Potts, shoemaker, William Dumpleton, pawnbroker, and Thomas Parrott, labourer, all of Leighton Buzzard, to give evidence in the case of George Harris accused of stealing shoes

2 November 1849

From: 1849 To: 1850

Edmund Collings Potts: on packing up his shop for the day, he noticed a pair of shoes missing, which had been hanging outside the shop. He made inquiries and went to the pawn shop of William Dumpleton. Mr Dumpleton's daughter told him a man had earlier tried to pawn the shoes but they had not been accepted. She took Potts to the public house where the accused was, and Potts went to get the police constable. The shoes were found to the man. William Dumpleton: Thomas Parrot came into the shop and tried to pawn the shoes. He said there were not his own. Whilst he was talking to Parrot, the accused entered and said they were his shoes and he had got them at Tring, and later said he was measured for them in London. Dumpleton refused to have anything to do with them. Thomas Parott: was approached by the accused, who told him he wished to pawn the shoes. Harris asked Parrot if he would go into the pawn shop and pawn the shoes, and in return he would pay him. He took them into the shop and whilst talking to Mr Dumpleton, the accused entered the shop and said the shoes were his. Dumpleton was not happy to take the shoe and the accused left with the shoes, and went to the Peacock Inn.

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Harris, George,
Potts, Edmund Collings,
Dumpleton, William,
Parrot, Thomas

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Southwark, Leighton Buzzard Peacock, stealing, shoes, shoemaker, pawnbroker, millwright