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Joseph Corby, gardener of Clapham, Martha Peacocok, wife of William, bricklayer of St Peter's Bedford, Samuel Rolls of High Street, St Pauls in Bedford, Thomas Harris, police constable of Broad Lane in Northampton, and Thomas May, police constable of Grafton Street, Northampton. In the case of John O'Hara & Edward Ford accused of housebreaking

30 August 1850

From: 1850 To: 1850

Joseph Corby: a gardener living in Clapham. He kept a chest in his bedroom, containing; a suit of black clothes, 2 under coats, a great coat, a waistcoat and trousers. He left home in the morning of 30 August, and coming he found the back bedroom window broken, the clothes gone and the back door open. Samuel Rolls: a pawnbroker in Bedford. The black suit of clothes was pledged with him on 30 August. Martha Peacock: kept the Half Moon, in Bedford, along with her husband William, a bricklayer. Both prisoners were in the house on 30 August between 3 and 4 o'clock. Thomas Harris: a Northampton police constable. He was the accused on 1 September in Regent Square, with a young woman. He later saw Ford near the racing ground gate, and told him he would have him for loitering. Ford then told him of a robbery near Bedford and told him the other prisoner had taken the clothes Ford told him whilst O'Hara was in the house, he was outside and a baker boy came up. Harris left Ford at the station and apprehended the other man. Ford told him the black suit had been pawned in Bedford and the other items hidden at the roadside. The other prisoner was offering different names. Thomas May: the accused (O'Hara) but then calling himself Hawara, was wearing the trousers later identified by Joseph Corby as his.

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Ford, Edward,
O'Hara, John,
Corby, John,
Peacock, William,
Rolls, Samuel,
Harris, Thomas,
May, Thomas

CLAPHAM, St.Peter Bedford, Northampton, blacksmith, pawnbroker, breaking & entering, Bedford Half Moon