QSR1848/4/5/33

Depositions and examination - Samuel Burrows of Biggleswade charged with stealing one live tame rabbit (value 2s) from Samuel Hilsley

16 October 1848

From: 1848 To: 1848

Isaac Stoten of Biggleswade, tailor - he lives within 3 doors of Christopher Hilsley and his garden joins his. Last Saturday night about 12amhe went into the garden and heard somebody walking very lightly down Hilsley’s garden. He looked round and saw Samuel Burrows go into Hilsley’s hovel and put his hand in a rabbit hutch. Burrows took out a rabbit, killed it and took it up the garden. He called out “you devil you, you have got Mr Hilsley’s rabbit”. Burrows ran away, taking the rabbit with him. He went and told Mr Hilsley what he had seen. He also went and told John Jackson. They went together to Burrows’ house, but Burrows was not at home. They then walked along the Potton road and found the rabbit in a garden adjoining the road. It was still quite warm. He picked it up and gave it to Samuel Hilsley. Burrows was dressed in light coloured trousers and frock and a dark cap. Samuel Hilsley of Biggleswade, gardener - the rabbit produced is his. He can swear to it by two humps on its back. About 12am his mother called him up and told him the rabbit was gone. He got up and went out of doors. About 10 minutes later he saw Burrows enter his own house, dressed in a light coloured smock frock, light trousers and a dark cap. Soon afterwards Stoten gave him the rabbit. He gave it to Charles Yeo the next morning. Charles Yeo of Biggleswade, police constable - yesterday morning he went to Burrows’ house and took him into custody. Samuel Hilsley gave him the rabbit which he now produces. Samuel Burrows - “If I have got to go for trial I shan’t say anything about it”.

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Burrows, Samuel,
Hilsley, Samuel,
Stoten, Isaac,
Yeo, Charles,
Hilsley, Christopher

BIGGLESWADE, stealing animals, rabbits, tailor, gardener, police constable