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Depositions of John Nottingham, police constable of Kempston, Emily Rignall and Ann Gore. In the case of Gerald Gore accused of stealing a shirt.

10 September 1881

From: 1881 To: 1881

Emily Rignall: the wife of Robert Rignall, a baker. She had some clothes on a line in her yard, which opens onto the street. She missed a shirt. The prisoner mother brought the shirt to her next day. She had seen the prisoner leaving her yard and go onto the street on 1 Septmeber. Ann Gore: wife of Levi, a beer house keeper in Kempston and mother of the prisoner. On 2 September she told him he had been accused of stealing a shirt. The prisoner said he knew about it as the policeman had been to him. The policeman he told him to give it up and nothing more would happen. The prisoner said he did not have the shirt but knew where it was and said if he fetched it, then would she take it back. She said she would. The prisoner went and got it and she retuned it to Mrs Rignall. John Nottingham: a police constable and on 2 Septmber he went to the prisoner in Kempston and told im he was there regarding the shirt lost by Mrs Rignall from her yard. The prisoner said he had not had the shirt and had not been in the yard, but had been waiting for a friend. When later apprehended on the charge the accused still said he had not taken the shirt bit would not split on his mate. Statement of the accused: nothing

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Gore, Gerard,
Nottingham, John,
Gore, Ann,
Rignall, Emily

stealing, shirts, KEMPSTON