QSR1869/1/5/28b

Depositions of Joseph Turvey, labourer of Toddington. Thomas Hyde, labourer of Toddington. William Tatman Goodman Hicks, surgeon in practice at Toddington. John Olden, police constable stationed at Toddington. Benjamin Lawrence Hawkins, surgeon of Woburn. In the case of Thomas Brasier, a solider in the Royal Artillery, accused of maliciously wounding and inflicting grievous bodily harm on Joseph Turvey.

28 December 1868

From: 1868 To: 1869

Joseph Turvey: on Monday 21 December, about 6.30pm he went to the Pheasant public house. About 8pm the same evening a soldier and 3 other men came into the tap room and had some beer. About ¾ of an hour after they came in the soldiers companions went out of the house. He did not speak to the soldier. He did not know and did not have words with his companions. Shortly after they left there was a row outside the house. He had not been outside 2 minutes when he was struck by the soldier. He found himself stabbed in the cheek. He went back to the Pheasant and Dr Hicks came and took him into his surgery and attended to him. He had bled a good deal from his cheek. When he was struck he saw something in the soldier’s hand which was about the length of his hand and it glittered a little. Thomas Hyde: on 21 December he was at the Pheasant public house with Jospeh Turvey. About 8pm a soldier and 3 companions came in. The soldier, whilst there, pulled off his coat and wanted to fight the best man in the house. No one had said a word to him. About half an hour later the soldier and his companions were outside. He and Turvey stayed inside for another 10 minutes and then went outside and there was a row in the street. He saw the same soldier there. The soldier struck him on the ear and immediately struck Turvey. Neither had said or interfered with the soldier nor anyone else. He ran home. Sergeant John Olden: on Monday 21 December saw Turvey at the Pheasant public house and he was bleeding from a wound to the cheek. From information given he went to Eversholt and apprehended the prisoner. He told the prisoner he was charged with stabbing 2 men at Toddington. The prisoner said he did what he did in defence and he had knocked 2 or 3 men over as any other man would have. He conveyed him to the police station. William Tatman Goodman Hicks: he was a surgeon practicing at Toddington. A little before 9pm on 21 December there was a row outside the Pheasant public house. He went and found Joseph Turvey bleeding from a wound to his cheek. He took him to the surgery and attended him. The wound appeared to have been done with a sharp instrument. The cheek was quite perforated and the wound was not inflicted by a stick. Turvey had been under his care since. Benjamin Lawrence Hawkins: he was a surgeon in practice in Woburn. On 28 December he examined Joseph Turvey who appeared to have received a wound to his left cheek. It was a abraised wound which in his judgement had been caused by a stick and not with a sharp instrument (undoubtedly not). Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Brasier, Thomas,
Turvey, Joseph,
Hyde, Thomas,
Hicks, William Tatman Goodman,
Olden, John,
Hawkins, Benjamin Lawrence

TODDINGTON, EVERSHOLT, Toddington Pheasant, grievous bodily harm, wounding, surgeon, soldier, Royal Artillery, public disorder