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Depositions of John Osborn, labourer of Ridgmont, Richard Reynolds, farmer of Holcut, Benjamin Watts, labourer of Salford, Joseph Fane, general dealer of Bedford, William Clay, police constable of Aspley Guise and William Ralph Young, police superintendent of Woburn. In the case of George Taylor & Thomas Parker accused of stealing an iron plough share

8 April 1850

From: 1850 To: 1850

John Osborn: a labourer employed by Mr Reynolds. On 4 April he was bird keeping on Mr Reynold's farm in Husborne Crawley. The accused approached him and asked where the ploughs were. He pointed at the 2 plough and the accused walked directly to them and removed one of the iron shares, and carried it away. He told his master the next morning. Benjamin Watts: as horse keeper to Mr Reynold's, he was using a plough on 2 April. On finishing his work he left the plough in the ground. Another was close by. On checking the plough on 6 April, the iron share had gone. Joseph Fane: John Busby (a co-defendant whose charges were later dismissed) came to his shop offering to sell iron. Amongst the iron where some iron shares. William Ralph Young: went to the shop of Joseph Fane in Bedford. He asked Fane if he had bought any iron from Busby. Fane said he had bought iron share from Bushby, but had about 9 or 10, and could not say which had been sold to him by Busby. William Clay: apprehended Taylor and Parker, who told him they had taken the share and sold it along with other items to a man in Ridgmont for 4 pence. They said they would show him who they had sold it to, and took him to John Busby at Marston.

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Taylor, George,
Parker, Thomas,
Reynolds, Richard,
Watts, Benjamin,
Fane, Joseph,
Clay, William,
Young, William Ralph,
Osborn, John,
Busby, John C.,
Marston

RIDGMONT, HUSBORNE CRAWLEY, BEDFORD, stealing, agricultural implements, ploughs