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Depositions and examination - George Dickinson of Leighton Buzzard, labourer, charged wtih stealing one pilot jacket, one pair of trousers and two handkerchiefs (value 10s) from George Woodcraft at Eaton Bray on 18 September 1875

30 September 1879

From: 1879 To: 1879

George Woodcraft of Eaton Bray, labourer – he has known Dickinson for several years. Dickinson is a relative of his wife and lives in London. On 15 September 1879 Dickinson came to his house in Eaton Bray, stayed the night and left next morning. Dickinson came back again on 17th and stayed the night. On the morning of the 18th he went to work as usual leaving Dickinson in bed upstairs. He went home at dinner time and Dickinson was gone. He discovered a pilot jacket, a pair of trousers and two handkerchiefs were gone. They were the articles now produced. He cannot say how Dickinson gets his livelihood, he does not know. Alfred Hyslop of Hemel Hempstead (Herts), pawnbroker’s assistant – he is manager for Messrs E Giblett, licensed pawnbrokers in High Street, Hemel Hempstead. On 18 September he took the jacket produced in pledge in the name of Dickinson of London and gave 2/6 on it. He cannot identify the prisoner but knows it was a man who gave the name John Dickinson. The man did not offer to pledge anything else. On 19 September a police constable called and enquired about a jacket, not saying “pilot jacket”. He could not find the article he wanted. Last Friday PC Plowman came and asked if he had got the jacket. He told the warehouse boy to fetch it. The boy did so. He said he was not aware he had it and gave it up to the police. The man who pledged the jacket was in his shop about 10 minutes. He suspected the jacket did not belong to the man but he said it did. Charles Plowman, police constable stationed at Leighton Buzzard – on Wednesday 24 September he went to Caledonian Road Police Station to fetch Dickinson, who was in custody there. He charged him with stealing 2 jackets, one pair of trousers and 2 handkerchiefs. Dickinson said he only stole one jacket which he pawned at Hemel Hempstead. Dickinson said he also stole one pair of trousers and one handkerchief which he sold to a boy in London. As they were returning in the train Dickinson pulled the handkerchief now produced out of his pocket saying it was one of them. The prisoner was wearing the trousers at the time. He brought Dickinson to Leighton. Dickinson said he pledged the jacket in the name of George Dickinson. He saw Hyslop in Messrs Giblett’s shop and Hyslop said there were so many pilot jackets he didn’t remember anything about it. He told Hyslop he had a man in custody who pawned a jacket there under the name of George Dickinson. Hyslop then sent a boy to find it. George Dickinson of Leighton Buzzard, labourer – he took the things in order to pay his train fare home and would like to have the case settled there.

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Dickinson, George,
Woodcraft, George,
Hyslop, Alfred,
Plowman, Charles,
Giblett, E

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, EATON BRAY, Hemel Hempstead, stealing, clothing, trousers, handkerchief, pawnbroker, police constable