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Depositions - Fanny Abrahams, charged with stealing one bridle (value 3s) and one brush (value 2d) from William Neal at Roxton on 14 October 1848

16 October 1848

From: 1848 To: 1848

Leonard Bundy of Eaton Socon, labourer - yesterday morning (15 Oct) Abrahams came to him and asked the name of the place. She had the bridle and brush and asked if they were any use to him. She said she had picked them up in the street about ½ mile away. He told her he thought the bridle belonged to William Neal. She left with them but did not go in the direction of Neal’s. James Wayman of Roxon, labourer - he is in the service o William Neal who lives at Chawson. Yesterday morning Bundy came to his master’s house and as a result of what he said he went into the stable and missed a bridle and brush. He had seen them there about 6pm on Saturday evening. He rode after Abrahams. When he caught her she said he should not have them unless he paid for them. He told her he would fetch the policeman. She said “I slept there last night” and pointed to Mr Anderson’s, the public house. He asked her if she had her stockings on. She said “no”. He said there was one left in their stable (he had found one that morning). She then gave him the bridle and brush. William Nicoll of Eaton Socon, police constable - he apprehended Henderson yesterday at St Neots. She said she picked the bridle up. He told her the landlord said she slept in the stable and that her stocking had been found there. She admitted she did. She later said the bridle had been stolen by a man dressed in a straw hat with blue ribbon, a fustian jacket, cord trousers and a black silk handkerchief. She supposed he was afraid to carry them any further and she had the luck to find them.

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Abrahams, Fanny,
Neal, William,
Bundy, Leonard,
Wayman, James,
Nicoll, William

ROXTON, EATON SOCON, Chawston, stealing, harness, police constable