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Deposition of William Edwards, police constable of Leighton Buzzard, in the case of Bernard Bone, labourer of Leighton Buzzard, accused of stealing a woollen bed rug.

3 May 1850

From: 1850 To: 1850

William Edwards: the prisoner came to him at the cage in Leighton asking to be let in. He knew the prisoner and let him in. There was nobody else in the cage at the time, and as the prisoner said he wanted to be on his way early next day, he did not lock him in. On visiting the cage later the prisoner was gone and so was the bed rug. He was later called to see the governor of the workhouse in Leighton. He advised Edwards that Bone had property which did not belong to him. On going to see Bone in the ward, he saw the rug. Bone said he had taken the as a foolish trick. He later told Edwards he had taken it as he wanted to go to a foreign land as he was tired of this country.

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Bone, Bernard,
Edwards, William

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, stealing, household goods, parish cages, Master of the workhouse, Parish Workhouses