bed about half an hour when the alarm was given. Had to call three times to Mott before he answered. They dressed and went to the fire. In cross-examination he said, Mott got his supper about five; he was working for witness from two till nearly four; witness began to undress at twenty three minutes past seven. Mott seemed to be fast asleep, as he had to knock three times. Believes him to be a man of good disposition: never heard anything wrong of him. A similar character was given of Rose by this and other witnesses.'The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up, told the jury that the evidence of George Pulham was good evidence against himself, but could not be used against Mott and Rose, who, if convicted , must be so upon evidence entirely independent of Pulham?s confession; there might be no doubt morally that all three had participated in the offence; but if there was not judicial evidence to remove every doubt from their minds, they would give the prisoners benefit of the doubt.The Jury, after deliberating about twenty  minutes, found George Pulham guilty, but acquitted Rose and Mott.The prisoner, on being called upon to show cause why sentence of Death should not be passed upon him, denied that he was guilty.The Lord Chief Baron proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner, observing that he had been convicted by a Jury of merciful men, who had thought it their duty to acquit his two accomplices. there were facts, indeed, independent of his own confession, to fix the crime very strongly upon him. This crime was one of such frightful magnitude that in all the mitigations in our Criminal Laws, it had never been deemed fit to visit the commission of this crime with less than death. he who would set fire to the house of barn of a neighbour, would never be alive to any moral or religious duty, and was unfit to live in human society. Not only was it calculated to ruin the neighbour, but it extended to the property of other persons, and even life was often sacrificed by such a course. His Lordship then alluded to the mistaken notion that these persons indulged in of being revenged upon this farmer. How could they expect to be relieved of their wants if they destroyed the property of those very men from whose funds relief was to come? He could give the prisoner no hope  that he life would be spared. He solemnly entreated him to turn his thoughts to another state; and by a sincere repentance and a full confession of his sins, to seek that redemption of Jesus Christ, whose precepts he had broken, and whose paths he had forsaken. His Lordship then, in the most solemn manner passed sentence of death upon the prisoner FROM THE  NEWSPAPER OF  8 April 1835 The execution of George Pulham, convicted at our assizes of setting fire to the stacks and premises of Mr. Baldry, of Lidgate, will take place this day, at twelve o'clock at noon. We hear that his conduct since conviction has been devout and penitent.
	Moss-Rose Cottages and the former garage to the right were built on the site of the great fire of 1835
	George Pulham  was brought back to his village  in a farm cart and reluctatly buried by the Rev. Salmon. In the 1970s a  play based on these events by a resident was broadcast on the radio
		THE SECOND GREAT FIRE  Circa 1910 From the Recollections of Humphrey Foreman 1889 - 1968 We had a fire at the Post Office (run by the Hammond Family for many generations who were harness makers) There was  a row of cottages at the back and they caught fire. I remember going to Newmarket on my bike for the fire engine but the house was burnt down. George Smith and his father and mother lived in one end and Hurrell and Toby Mott in the other. I remember himn saying : 'Come on Sal let the old B. burn.' Toby Mott had only had it insured about a fortnight and they reckon he burn it down himself. There was a big barn there in which was a fat pig. But they found no trace of it. They reckon Uncle Andrew and Dolly Balls pinched it and took it through the meadow. They had to pour water on the zinc roof of one of the cottages. If the wind had been in the wrong direction it would have taken out all the cottages in the street. Reuben Jolly lived at The Oak opposite and they took the furhniture accross there. Until a new post office was built it was for a time at Harvey's farm