QSR1851/1/5/19/b

Depositions of: Henry Ison Jebbett, police inspector of Bedford, Thomas Gibson Bewley, police constable of Eynesbury. In the cases of William Moran accused of killing a ram with the intent of stealing the carcase.

13 November 1850

From: 1849 To: 1851

Henry Ison Jebbett: had returned the skin and mutton. He had been raised in a butcher’s shop, where he lived for more than 20 years. Thomas Gibson Bewley: he assisted constable Hart in searching the prisoner’s house, where they found the mutton. He took the prisoner into custody. He had been at work on the railway. On the way to St Neots, the prisoner said "the time has come". One of Moran's children was crying behind him, Moran turned and said "there is my boy, poor thing, I care about them poor things more than I do for myself".

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Moran, William,
Alington, John,
Jebbett, Henry Ison,
Bewley, Thomas Gibson

stealing, sheep, Little Barford, SANDY, CHURCH, breaking & entering