Wistow Warbler     1850 to 1856 SNIPPETS FROM THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON COURTS MIDSUMMER SESSION MON 1 JULY 1850 JAMES RUST ESQ CHAIRMAN Thomas Dickerson 21 Labourer John Pickard 22 Labourer Committed 25 April 1850 by G Rust Esq. charged on the oaths of William Warren and others with having stolen one copper powder flask and [...]

Wistow Warbler      1st January 1855 WISTOW SHEEP SLAUGHTERER GETS FOUR YEARS Unemployment drives local man to crime James Dickerson aged 25, labourer from Wistow, was today given a sentence of four years penal servitude for killing a ewe with intent to steal part of the carcass. The ewe belonged to George Pryme Esquire, also from [...]