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Deposition of Thomas William Langston against James Goodrid

3 May 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

He is the son of John Langston who is a farmer at Cranfield and lives in the village. His father also occupies a farm at East End. He sleeps in the farmhouse there. On Saturday night he was in bed. He heard the gate leading from the road to the farm yard shut and someone moving about. He looked out of the window and saw someone come from a barn door with a sack on his back. The person went out of the gate and across the road into a cottage opposite occupied by James Goodrid. He could not distinguish the person but he wore a smock frock like the the one Goodrid wore. There was a light in Goodrid's house and the door was open ready for him. He drew back from the window. When he looked out directly afterwards the light was gone and he heard Goodrid's sow and pigs making a noise as if someone was about to feed them. He dressed himself and went out to the man who had been thrashing in the barn from where Goodrid had come, called him up and went for the policeman, who went with him and the tasker down to the farm. They went directly to Goodrid's house. The policeman went to the door and he went behind the house. He heard the policeman say he would search the house. A short while after he was called by the tasker. They had found some oats (not dressed) in the boys bedroom. They went to a building behind which was locked, asked for the key but did not get it. He and the policeman got in at a window. In a chest they found more oats which had been partly dressed, which match those in his father's barn. There were over 2 bushels in the sack and about 5 bushels in the chest.

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Goodrid, James,
Langston, Thomas,
Langston, John

CRANFIELD, Cranfield East End, stealing, oats