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Depositions and examination - James Goodrid

3 May 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

Thomas Francis Brown, police constable No.7 - about 12 o'clock on Saturday evening he was called by Mr Langston's son. They went to the prisoner's house to search for some oats. Goodrid was in bed. Goodrid said he had no stolen property in his possession. He searched the house. James Goodman the tasker was with him. He found some undressed oats in a sack. In an outbuilding they found some oats in a chest which had been partly dressed. He apprehended the prisoner. James Goodman, labourer at Cranfield - had lately been employed by Mr Langston to thrash at his East End Farm. The week before last he had been thrashing some oats. He left them on Saturday evening swept into a heap. They were mixed with chaff, not having been dressed. On Monday morning 26 April on entering the barn he observed the heap had been disturbed as if some one had been taking some away. The previous week he continued thrashing oats. On Saturday he begain to dress them. On Saturday evening he left a heap of oats in the barn partly dressed. Between 11 and 12 he was called up by his master's son. He went with him and the policeman to the prisoner's house. He was present when the policemen found some oats in a sack, and later assisted in removing some oats from a chest in an oatbuilding. They matched those in his master's barn. They had been twice through the dressing machine and were very foul - an unusual quantity of crow needles were in them. There were about 2 to 3 bushels in the sack and about 5 bushels in the chest. He did not lock the barn door when he left. James Goodrid - had nothing to say.

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Goodrid, James,
Langston, Thomas,
Langston, John,
Brown, Thomas,
Goodman, James

CRANFIELD, Cranfield East End, stealing, oats, threshing