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Depositions of Emma Bowskill, Charles Busby and William Noble. In the case of George Braybrooks, accused of stealing a pair of child's socks.

27 September 1893

From: 1893 To: 1893

Emma Bowskill: Wife of John Bowskill, coachman of Stotfold. On Tuesday 19th September she washed a pair of childs’ socks and laid them on a rhubarb leaf at the back of her house. She forgot to take them in at night. The next day she found the socks missing. On Thursday 21st September police constable Busby showed her a pair of socks which she identified as her property. [Cross-Examined] The prisoner stole them and the socks were her property. Charles Busby: Police constable stationed at Stotfold. On Thursday 21st September he received a pair of socks from police constable Noble at Royston Police Station. He then showed the socks to Mrs. Bowskill who identified them as her property. William Noble: Police constable stationed at Ashwell. About 12pm on Wednesday 20th September he was on duty when he met the prisoner carrying something wrapped up in a handkerchief. He stopped the prisoner and asked him what he was carrying. The prisoner replied that it was butcher’s meat. He took the goods from the prisoner and the prisoner said that it was a duck which he had bought off a man named Shadrack Redwall, a dealer of Hitchin market. Upon suspicion he took the prisoner to Royston Police Station and, upon searching the prisoner, found a pair of socks. George Braybrooks: I never stole the socks. I bought them in Hitchin market off the stall.

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bowskill, Emma,
Busby, Charles,
Noble, William,
Braybrooks, George

STOTFOLD, Ashwell, Hitchin, police constable, dealer, socks, stealing