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From the Worcester Journal of Saturday 31 August 1867 "For many months a series of daring robberies have occurred at the shed, Bewdley Station, and they have been managed in such a mysterious way as hitherto to evade detection. Some time ago a ham was stolen; and at various times many other articles suitable for domestic consumption or clothing have been missed without leaving any clue as to how they were removed from the shed. The shed was always locked at night, and in the morning there was not the slightest indication of its having been broken into. Last Monday week Mr. Landon, liquor merchant, Bewdley, sent four jars of spirits to the station, containing four gallons of gin and three of whiskey. This, notwithstanding the terrific storm of that night, was gone on the following morning. The company sent a detective to investigate this case, but he failed to discover the stolen articles, as the police had hitherto done. P C. Pennington, stationed at Wribbenhall, however, on Wednesday morning, suceeded in finding the jars buried in a garden adjoining the station, in the occupation of Charles Browne, a "tapper" employed there. He immediately sent for Supt. Staunton, of the Stourport Division, and Browne was taken into custody, and removed to the Stourport lock-up. One of the jars was unsealed, one empty, one broken, and the other about half full."<ref>[ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000150/18670831/065/0003?browse=False Worcester Journal on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>