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Depositions against Joseph Sherman and Henry Sherman

20 September 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

Thomas Waldock of Wrestlingworth, labourer - he keeps a pony and cart. On Saturday 18 September at about 7pm he took the pony out of the cart and turned it out on the road. He desired his little girl to drive it into the field as usual . About half and hour later he missed the pony. He sent his son after it , who said he had met William Carver, who said he had seen Henry Sherman riding it away. The next morning he went to Henry Sherman's house. As Sherman was not at home he asked the policeman of Potton to look for him. The pony was brought to him at the George Inn, Potton by Joseph Sherman the father yesterday afternoon in the presence of the police. The pony is worth about £2. William Carver of Wrestlingworth - on Saturday night he was going from Potton to Wrestlingworth and met Henry Sherman riding on a pony he knew to be Thomas Waldock's. He had no saddle or bridle. He bid Sherman goodnight. He met Thomas Waldock's son James Waldock who asked whether he had seen his father's pony. He told him he had met Henry Sherman riding it away. William Burns, police officer of Potton - on Sunday morning Thomas Waldock stated his horse had been stolen and he believed Henry Sherman had taken it. In the afternoon he met Joseph Sherman in Potton leading a pony by a halter. He aksed Sherman whose property it was. He said it was his son, Henry Sherman's. He took Sherman into custody and took charge of the pony. He then went to apprehend Henry Sherman who attempted to make his escape by a trap door, but he succeeded in taking him.

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Sherman, Joseph,
Sherman, Henry,
Waldock, Thomas,
Carver, William,
Waldock, James,
Burns, William

WRESTLINGWORTH, POTTON, horse theft, Potton George Inn