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Joseph Dimmock Bennett, butcher of Woburn, Edward Woodin, shoe maker, Richard Waterman Woodin, beer seller, John Adams, labourer, James Whipham, gardener, and William Clay, policeman, all of Aspley Guise. In the case of Thomas Butcher and James Whitbread, accused of stealing a rabbit

25 October 1850

From: 1850 To: 1851

Edward Woodin: around 4 o'clock on 9 October, he knew his rabbit to be safe in a hutch in the garden of his father's premises in Aspley Guise. It was a sandy & white doe rabbit, heavy with young. He missed the rabbit about 6 o'clock the following morning. Richard Waterman Woodin: both prisoner were in the tap room of his house on the evening of 9 October. The accused Whitbread went out for about 20 minutes but return and they remained until about half past 9 o'clock. John Adams: he saw the prisoner about 10 o'clock on 9 October near the Bell at Aspley Guise. He spoke to them and went towards Woburn with them. They told him they were to enlist as soldiers. He left them about 20 yards from William Normans' house. Joseph Butcher: brother of Thomas Butcher. His statement has been crossed out. James Whipham: the accused, Butcher, took him 2 rabbits (one sandy and one black & white) on 10 October. He bought them from him. Butcher said they were not his rabbits, but belonged to another man who wanted the money. Whipham sold the black & white rabbit to Stephen Dodd of Woburn and the sandy one to Joseph Dimmock Bennett. Joseph Dimmock Bennett: he bought a rabbit from James Whipham and gave it to his son to keep. William Clay: He asked the prisoner Butcher if he had sold any rabbits. Butcher said Jem Whitbread had bought the rabbits to his house for him to sell. He detained the prisoners for the theft of the rabbits.

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Butcher, Thomas,
Whitbread, James,
Bennett, Joseph Dimmock,
Woodin, Edward,
Woodin, Richard Waterman,
Adams, John,
Whipham, James,
Norman, William,
Clay, William

stealing, rabbits, ASPLEY GUISE, book seller, WOBURN