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Depositions of Henry Nicholson, station clark of Sandy, and William Breakwell, police constable of Sandy. In the case of Thomas Cox accused of breaking & entering.

5 April 1851

From: 1851 To: 1851

William Breakwell: on 4 April, Henry Nicholson, clerk in charge of the station at Sandy, told him that he him that he had missed money from his cashbox at the station several times during the last fortnight. A week ago Nicholson missed 10 pounds. Breakwell suspected Cox, who drove some the public conveyances to and from the station. Cox, had been seen wearing a handsome watch. He advised Nicholson of his suspicions and they went to the stables where Cox kept his horses. They found him there with his watch and found a sovereign in his pocket. He told them he had won the watch at a table in Bedford, but could not say at what house. Cox said eh found the sovereign on the Turnpike Road between Cople and Willington. As Breakwell was taking him away, his brother Samuel Cox came up and told him to tell the truth. Cox then confessed, to his brother in Breakwell’s hearing, that he had taken the money from the cashbox and that he had given 2 sovereigns for the watch. Cox repeated the confession to Nicholson. Cox said eh had bought the watch at a watchmaker in High Street, Bedford, opposite the market Place, but the chain was not paid for. Breakwell had seen the post boy bring the watch and chain a few days before and it had come from Biggleswade. Henry Nicholson: a clerk in charge of Sandy Station. Stated that he had heard the evidence of William Breakwell in the case of Thomas Cox, and to his knowledge it is true and correct. The prisoner declined to ask any questions or make any statement.

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Cox, Thomas,
Nicholson, Henry,
Breakwell, William

SANDY, Bedford High Street, BIGGLESWADE, breaking & entering, watches, Sandy station, railway clerk