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Mary Hide, wife of William Hide, James Millard, carpenter of Toddington, David Brown, general dealer of Dunstable, and Jeffery Osborn, wheelwright of Toddington. In the case of Frederick Fowler & George Holmes, of Toddington, accused of stealing a tame rabbit

May 1850

From: 1850 To: 1850

Mary Hide: she feed the rabbit, a doe, which was in a hutch in the barn, on the evening of 30 May. She locked the barn. Next morning the rabbit had gone. James Millard: saw 3 men drinking together in the beer shop in Toddington. They were the accused and the other man was called Burrows, but he had since absconded. He noticed Fowler was leaning on a stick. The stick was bent at the bottom and had 2 knots where it had been cut off. He was later asked to identify this stick, when it was in the custody of Constable Elliott. David Brown: on 31 May Fowler and Homes came to his shop in Dunstable. They said they had rabbits to sell and he lent them a coop so they could fetch them to him. There were 12 rabbits, 2 of them does. He purchased the rabbits for 6 shillings. They divided the money between themselves and left the shop. Jeffery Osborn: on 30 May 10 rabbits were stolen from a hutch on his premises. On looking around he found a stick leaning up against his stoop door. He passed this to the police. James Elliott: was given custody of the accused by a Hertfordshire policeman. The accused had been absent from Toddington since the robbery.

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Fowler, Frederick,
Holmes, George,
Hide, Mary,
Hide, William,
Millard, James,
Brown, David,
Osborn, Jeffery

stealing, rabbits, TODDINGTON, DUNSTABLE