QSR1880/3/5/2

Depositions of Thomas Merchant, farmer of Cranfield, Isaac Wilson, police constable of Marson and George Mooring, police constable of Cranfield. In the case of Walter Ping accused of feloniously, wickedly and against the order of nature, commiting unnatural offences with a mare.

30 April 1880

From: 1880 To: 1880

Thomas Merchant: a farmer of Cranfield. The prisoner had recently been in his employment as a horse keeper. Early on 26 April he went to the stable door. The door was divided horizontally and the bottom part was hooked but the upper part open. He looked in and saw the prisoner standing on top of a stage made of a pail and wicker basket. The stage was erected close to the heels of a black mare, which was in a stall feeding from a manger. The prisoner’s body was leaning over the back of the mare. He asked the prisoner what he was doing and the prisoner turned and slipped to the ground. The front of his trousers was undone and he saw his naked body. The prisoner asked forgiveness but he was asked to leave. He saw the prisoner in the stable again an hour and a half later and he again asked forgiveness. He took the prisoner to his father, who worked for another Cranfield farmer and then gave the information to the police. He could not say if he was actually having connection with the mare or not. George Mooring: a police constable stationed at Cranfield. He apprehended the prisoner on 26 April. He charged he prisoner and the prisoner said the charge was correct. Isaac Wilson: a police constable living at Marston. He accompanied PC Mooring in apprehending the prisoner. The prisoner told him he had done nothing to the mare and was only trying when his master came into the stable. Statement of the accused – Walter Ping: nothing to say

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Ping, Walter,
Merchant, Thomas,
Mooring, George,
Wilson, Isaac

CRANFIELD, sex crimes, horses