QSR1842/4/5/47

Depositions and examination - Stephen White

14 October 1842

From: 1842 To: 1842

Sarah Dudley of Lidlington, singlewoman - she has the care of a nephew, William Dudley, who is of weak intellect. His father who lives in London pays her for taking care of him. She washes and mends for him. On Tuesday morning she sent him on an errand to a person living near the Lidlington turnpike. He returned with his coat closely buttoned. She asked him where his shirt collar was. He said Mogger Henman and Stephen White had taken his shirt. She went after them, found Stephen White and asked if he knew anything about it. He denied it. She told him she would send for the policeman. She later saw Henman and asked him about it. He said Stephen White had got it in his bag. The shirt produced is the one her nephew had on. Ann Dudley of Lidlington, widow - she lives with her daughter. On Tuesday William Dudley came home without his shirt. He told her that Mogger Henman and Stephen White had got it. She was on her way to where White lives when she met him in Cooks Close. She asked where Dudley's shirt was and he said it was in his bag. She took the bag from under his arm, shook the shirt out and carried it home. Thomas Vere, police constable no.12 - he was called by Sarah Dudley to go in search of a shirt which her nephew had stated was taken from him by Stephen White and Mogger Henmah. Sarah Dudley later gave him the shirt and he took White into custody. Stephen White - "I never pulled it off him - he pulled it off himself".

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White, Stephen,
Dudley, Sarah,
Dudley, William,
Dudley, Ann,
Henman, Mogger,
Vere, Thomas

LIDLINGTON, stealing, clothing, social & welfare provision mental handicap, disability