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James Finmore, coachman of Cardington, Hannah Hewitt, widow of Cardington, and Charles Sibley, police constable of St Neots. In the case of Thomas Notley charged with stealing a silver watch

19 August 1850

From: 1850 To: 1850

James Finmore: the watch, which he had identify as his from its marks, normally hung on his mantlepiece. On the morning of 19 August he left the house, and on his return the watch was missing. Hannah Hewitt: she saw the prisoner go to the front door of Mr Finmore's house on the morning of the 19 August. Charles Sibley: the prisoner was handed into his custody by John Shrives. The prisoner had the watch with him. When asked if it was his, he said no, and that he had found it about 6 miles outside St Neots. When asked where he had come from that day, the accused said he had travelled from about 6 miles the other side of Bedford. He had taken the road from Hitchin, through Elstow, and through Bedford by St Peters Green. He did not know the way he had then taken to St Neots.

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Notley, Thomas,
Finmore, James,
Hewitt, Hannah,
Sibley, Charles,
Shrives, John

CARDINGTON, St Neots, St.Peter Bedford, ELSTOW, stealing, watches, coachman