Catalogue description Memoranda of convictions, general

Q/PC2

This index is arranged in the following order

Name, parish and occupation of offender, with date and details of their crime and additional information

48/B/1

22 April 1829;

Samuel Chad of Haw Bridge Turnpike Gate in Apperley and Whitefield, shoemaker;

Assaulting John Paine, servant to John Hopkins, farmer of Tirley, at Haw Bridge;

J Timbrill, DD, JP and Rev J Keysall, JP at Tewkesbury.

Fined 20/- and 9/6 costs, or two months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 14 April 1829

48/B/2

11 March 1829;

James Hall;

Begging, swearing and causing a disturbance at the Rev Charles Hill's home in Bromsberrow;

Rev J Commeline, JP at Redmarley Dabitot, Worcs.

Committed to Littledean House of Correction until next Quarter Sessions

48/B/3

7 April 1829;

William Apperley;

Assaulting Mary Yearn, singlewoman at Newnham;

Rev C Crawley, JP and J Pyrke, JP at Newnham.

Fined £2 to be paid to James Hill, overseer of the poor at Newnham and 8/- costs, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 3 April 1829

48/B/4

2 March 1829;Alexander Gwilliam

Assaulting Anne, wife of Thomas Pitt alias Burgum at Littledean Hill in St Briavels Hundred;

Rev C Crawley, JP and J Pyrke, JP at Newnham.

Fined £2 each to be paid to John Lucas of Newnham, gentleman and 16/6 costs each, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 19 February 1829

48/B/5

2 March 1829;

William Saunders

48/B/6

2 March 1829;

John Young

48/B/7

2 March 1829;

Timothy Wadley;

Assaulting Andrew Husbands at Mitcheldean;

Rev C Crawley, JP and J Pyrke, JP at Newnham.

Fined £2-10s to be paid to Absolom Smith, overseer of the poor at Mitcheldean and 7/6 costs, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 22 February 1829

48/B/8

3 March 1829;

Henry Worgan;

Unlawfully possessing underwood valued at 6/- at St Briavels;

Rt Hon C Bathurst, JP and Rev T Thomas, JP at Lydney.

Fined £1-12s to be paid to William Allen, overseer of the Poor of St Briavels and 8/- costs to be paid to Samuel Luff, complainant, or one month in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 16 January 1829

48/B/9

3 March 1829;

Henry Knight;

Cutting and stealing wood, valued at 1/-, in Woolastone Wood, the property of the Duke of Beaufort;

Rt Hon C Bathurst, JP and Rev T Thomas, JP at Lydney.

Fined £2 and 7/6 costs, to be paid to Samuel Luff. Given 27 days to pay. In default two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 17 February 1829

48/B/10

3 February 1829;

Aaron Butler;

Cutting underwood valued at 1/- in Tidenham;

Rt Hon C Bathurst, JP and Rev T Thomas, JP at Lydney.

Fined 1/-, the value of the wood, 12/- as penalty to be paid to William Thurston and 8/- costs to be paid within 14 days to Samuel Luff, complainant, or one month in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 8 January 1829

48/B/11

14 April 1829;

Richard White the younger;

Unlawful possession of part of a deer at Awre;

E Machen, JP at Coleford.

Fined £18, to be paid to Charles Jennings an overseer of the poor, and £2 costs to be paid within 14 days to the complainant Samuel Luff or six months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 26 March 1829

48/B/12

20 January 1829;

William Baker;

Assaulting James Graham at Lydbrook, Ruardean;

P J Ducarel, JP and E Machen, JP at Coleford.

Fined £1, to be paid to John Webb, overseer of the poor, and 5/- costs, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 15 January 1829

48/B/13

17 February 1829;

William Young;

Assaulting Mary Evans at Coleford;

P J Ducarel, JP and E Machen, JP at Coleford.

Fined £1-12s to be paid to Peter Teague overseer of the poor of Newland and 8/- costs, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 January 1829

48/B/14

17 March 1829;

Richard Hodges

Assaulting Mary Wilce at Lydbrook, Ruardean;

P J Ducarel, JP and E Machen, JP at Coleford.

Fined £1-10s each to be paid to John Webb overseer of the poor of Ruardean and 17/- costs each, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 14 March 1829

48/B/15

17 March 1829;

John Hatton

48/B/16

14 April 1829;

Thomas Charles;

Cutting a hawthorn tree and taking away a quantity of beech and other wood in the Forest of Dean;

P J Ducarel, JP at Coleford.

Fined £1-12s to be paid to Edward Machen, Esq and 8/- costs to be paid to William Witts the complainant or one month in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 7 April 1829

48/B/17

27 April 1829;

William Weatherly;

Wandering abroad and begging in Westbury [on-Severn];

Rev C Crawley, JP and J Pyrke, JP at Newnham.

William Charley, tiler and plasterer of Cheltenham, informer.

Committed to Littledean House of Correction for one month.

Crime committed 26 April 1829

48/B/18

17 February 1829;

William Harris;

Turning five mules and one ass into an enclosure in the Forest of Dean, thereby damaging the grass and saplings;

P J Ducarel, JP at Coleford.

Fined £1-12s to be paid to Edward Machen, Esq and 8/- costs to John Thomas the complainant, to be paid within 14 days, or two months in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 13 February 1829

48/B/19

17 March 1829;

James Hopkins, yeoman;

Removing all his goods and chattels, with the assistance of five others, unknown, from a messuage in Hewelsfield on which he owed £34?10s rent, to avoid distraint in lieu of arrears by the owner of the property;

E Machen, JP and P J Ducarel, JP at Coleford.

Mary Strode of St Briavels, wife and agent of Nathaniel Nugent Strode (then overseas) complainant.

John Smith, labourer, of Blakeney, Awre, put in charge of the goods by his master James Bowyer, witness. (Goods itemised and valued at £25).

Offender pleaded not guilty. Fined £50.

Crime committed 4 March 1829

48/B/20

21 February 1829;

Alfred Jenkins;

Violently assaulting Daniel Cullimore of Thornbury, farmer;

S Peach Peach, JP and Rev M F T Stephens, JP at Thornbury.

Fined 5/- and 3/6 costs.

Crime Committed 9 February 1829

Note: 5/- paid to Thornbury overseers

48/B/21

21 February 1829;

Henry Clutterbuck;

Violently assaulting Daniel Cullimore of Thornbury, farmer;

S Peach Peach, JP and Rev M F T Stephens, JP at Thornbury.

Fined 10/- and 3/6 costs.

Crime committed 9 February 1829

Note: 10/- paid to the Thornbury overseer.

48/B/22

24 November 1828;

William Cooper, Job Surman and Richard Smith all of Campden, labourers;

Assaulting James Dunn the elder of Campden;

Rev J Adams, JP and Rev C Jeaffreson, JP at Bourton?on?the-Hill.

Fined 20/- to be paid to Charles Tidmarsh, overseer of the poor of Campden and 10/- costs, or two months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 8 November 1828

48/B/23

2 March 1829;

Stephen Blakeman;

Leaving his infant child chargeable to the parish of Campden;

Rev J Adams, JP and Rev J R Hall, JP at Bourton-on-the-Hill.

Three months hard labour in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed on or about 10 December 1828

48/B/24

13 April 1829;

William Boyes of Alkerton, Oxon, farmer;

Failing to supply transport and labour (6 days statutory duty) for journeys to the stone-pit at Rough Hill, for mending the highway outside the newly-built house of Mr Claridge, after due notice was given;

Rev J R Hall, JP, Rev J Adams, JP, Rev W Boughton, JP and Rev C Jeaffreson, JP at Bourton?on?the-Hill.

Rev Robert Edward Hughes and John Deeley, highways surveyors and John Hancox, witnesses.

Fined £7-4s. Offender pleaded not guilty.

Crime committed 9-14 March 1828

48/B/25

2 March 1829

[printed form];

Joseph Biddle of Blockley, Worcs, labourer;

Setting snares to kill hares;Rev J R Hall, JP at Bourton-on-the-Hill.

Thomas Watkins, labourer of Moreton-in-March, informer.

William Slatter, labourer of Batsford, witness.

Defendant did not appear.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 28 January 1829

48/B/26

24 February 1829

[printed form];

James Betts of Bourton-on-the-Hill;

Setting snares to kill game;

Rev J R Hall, JP at Batsford.

William Hancock, labourer of Bourton-on-the-Hill, informer.

William Fletcher, labourer of Batsford, witness.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 5 February 1829

48/B/27

48/B/28

31 March 1829

Martha Hadson, singlewoman, Elizabeth Webb, singlewoman;

Stealing part of a dead wood fence in Woodchester Park, Avening, the property of the Rt Hon Thomas, Lord Ducie;

Rev P Hawker, JP at Horsley.

Fined £5 each, to be paid to George Whitley, one of the overseers of the poor of Avening and 8d each the value of the wood, or two months in Horsley House of Correction.

Lord Ducie not examined.

Crime committed 23 March 1829

48/B/29

27 April 1829;

John Wigmore the younger of Avening, yeoman;

Using a dog to kill game at Horsley;

Rev P Hawker, JP and Tax Commissioner at Horsley.

James Tilling, witness.

Fined £20.

Crime committed 16 April 1829

48/B/30

16 April 1829;

Joseph Mayo alias Phillips;

Stealing part of a dead wood fence at Avening, the property of the Rt Hon Thomas, Lord Ducie;

Rev P Hawker, JP at Rodborough.

Fined £5 to be paid to George Whitley one of the overseers of the poor of Avening and £1-10s the value of the stolen wood, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Lord Ducie not examined.

Crime committed 24 March 1829

48/B/31

19 February 1829;

James Lovett of Horsley, labourer;

Using wires to kill game in Rodborough;

Rev P Hawker, JP at Horsley.

Henry Hall, labourer of Horsley, informer.

Hugh Hains, constable of Horsley and James Box gamekeeper of Horsley, witnesses.

Defendant did not appear.

Fined £5.

Crime Committed 2 February 1829

48/B/32

19 February 1829;

Thomas Lorrett of Horsley, labourer;

Using a wire to kill game;

Rev P Hawker, JP at Rodborough.

James Box, gamekeeper of Horsley, informer.

Henry Hall, labourer of Horsley, witness.

Pleased not guilty.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 7 February 1829

48/B/33

24 February 1829;William Monday of Lechlade, victualler;Permitting drunkenness and disorderly behaviour on his premises;M Hicks Beach, JP, William Price, JP and Rev J W Peters, JP.

First offence.

Fined £4 and £1-10s costs.

Crime committed 27 December 1828

48/B/34

28 January 1829;

Jacob Musty of Chedworth, labourer;

Entering Cow Crove - an enclosed wood in Rendcomb - at about 3 am with intent to take game;

E Wilbraham, JP and William Croome JP at Cirencester.

Three months hard labour in Northleach House of Correction,

after which sureties of £20 against re-offending, to be found, or a further six months hard labour.

Crime committed 27 January 1829

48/B/35

20 February 1829;

Giles Gardner of Down Ampney, labourer;

Unlawfully keeping and using a gun to kill game;

J Cripps JP at Cirencester.

Thomas Potter, steward of Down Ampney informer.

Charge admitted.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 13 February 1829

48/B/36

3 February 1829;

Simon Pash of Barnsley, labourer;

Using a snare to kill game;

Edward Cripps, JP at Cirencester

William Poole, gamekeeper of Barnsley, informer.

Charge admitted.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 3 February 1829

48/B/37

28 April 1829

[printed form];

Gustavus Orpin of Stroud, labourer;

Damaging hedges belonging to Nathan Driver of Painswick;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 1/- and 8/- costs.

Crime committed 27 April 1829

48/B/38

24 April 1829

[printed form];

William Gardner of Bisley;

Stealing a quantity of turnip greens from a garden, the property of Daniel Cox, clothier;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 5/- and 9/- costs, or serve 14 days hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 14 April 1829

48/B/39

28 March 1829

[printed form];

Sarah Ball, prostitute;

Riotous behaviour in Stroud;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

One month's hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 27 March 1829

48/B/40

10 March 1829;

Thomas alias John Mills of Stroud, butcher;

Ill-treating a goat, the property of George Gingell, innkeeper of Stroud;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Nathaniel Thomas, labourer and Ann Salisbury, spinster, both of Stroud, witnesses.

[No sentence given]

48/B/41

5 March 1829

[printed form];

Edward Franklin of Miserden and Edmund Griffin of Painswick, labourers;

Rooting up and damaging a beech tree in an enclosed wood in Painswick, the property of the Rev Robert Lawrence Townsend, DD;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 5/- and 5/- damages and 10/6 costs, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 6 February 1829

48/B/42

5 March 1829;

Edmund Townsend, of Painswick, labourer;

Attempting to defraud his master, Thomas Creed, mealman of Painswick, by selling meal (sharps) to James Harris, butcher of Painswick, without recording the transaction

H Burgh, JP a Stroud.

Thomas Creed, James Harris, William Pitt, labourer also of Painswick and Thomas Davis, auctioneer of Minchinhampton, witnesses.

One month's hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

48/B/43

13 February 1829

[printed form];

John Fowler and George Gould of Stroud, labourers;

Damaging trees growing in an enclosed wood at Stroud, the property of William Clutterbuck Chambers, Esq;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 10/- each, 2/- damages and 12/6 costs, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 7 February 1829

48/B/44

23 February 1829

[printed form];

Patience Ayer, prostitute;

Riotous behaviour in Stroud;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

One month's hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 February 1829

48/B/45

23 January 1829

[printed form];

Henry Davis of Bisley, labourer;

Damaging the stool of a tree in a wood, the property of the Feoffees of the charity Lands of Bisley;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 3d damages and 8/6 costs, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 21 January 1829

48/B/46

23 January 1829

[printed form];

Henry Perrott and Edward Goodship of Bisley, labourers;

Damaging the stool of a tree in a wood, the property of the Feoffees of the Charity Lands of Bisley;

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 3d each damages and 9/6 costs, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 7 January 1829

48/B/47

3 March 1829;

Samuel Warner of Acton Turville, timber merchant;

Using a gun and a dog to kill game in Hinton;

W Davies, DD, JP Commissioner for Taxes at Berkeley.

John Powell, gamekeeper of Hinton witness.

Fined £20.

Crime committed 29 January 1829

48/B/48

17 February 1829;

Thomas Ireland of Winchcombe, alehouse?keeper;

Permitting drunkenness and gaming on his premises, the White Lion Public House, Winchcombe, in breach of his licence;

Rev J Timbrill, DD, JP and Rev J Hurd, JP.

First offence.

Fined £2-10s and 16/- costs.

Crime committed 28 January 1829

48/B/49

12 November 1827

[printed form];

James Hall;Entering the workhouse at Bromsberrow with his wife Ann, without an order.

Causing a riot during which he verbally abused the Governor. Refusing to provide for himself and his wife, though able to do so

Rev J Commeline, JP.

Three weeks hard labour in Littledean House of Correction.

Crime committed 31 October 1827

48/B/50

17 March 1829;

Philip Edwards;

Taking a quantity of stakes from a fence at Bromsberrow, the property of Mrs Brooke, thereby causing considerable damage;

Rev Joseph Higgins, JP at Ledbury, Hereford.

Fined 10/- and 7/6 costs - the latter to be paid to Lancelot Burrup or one month in Gloucester House of Correction.

Crime committed 16 March 1829

48/B/51

6 March 1829;

Jacob (or James) Gale and Eli Fry;

Assaulting Edward Young, school master and his sons Frederick and Charles at Tormarton;

Rev I W W Horlock, JP and Rev F Pelly, JP at a Petty Sessions held at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury.

Fined £1-10s-0d and 7/- respectively and 5/- each costs, to be paid immediately.

Crime committed Sunday evening 1st March 1829

48/B/52

30 January 1829;

Robert Derrett, the younger, of Wotton?under-Edge, clothier;

Paying, or causing to be paid to James Smith, weaver of Wotton-under-Edge, £1 wages in other than lawful coin

W M Adey, JP, P B Purnell, JP and H W Dyer, JP at Wotton-under-Edge.

Fined £20.

48/B/53

30 January 1829;

Isaac Cooper of Wotton?under-Edge, weaver;

Paying, or causing to be paid to Jesse Burford, weaver of Wotton-under-Edge, £1?5s wages in other than lawful coin

W M Adey, JP, P B Purnell, JP and H W Dyer, JP at Wotton-under-Edge.

Fined £20.

48/B/54

3 April 1829;

William Rowland;Vagrancy.

Found at night hidden in an outhouse, the property of Thomas Stephens, baker of Little Barrington;

George Talbot, Lord Dynevor, JP at Barrington.

Offender said he was looking for work and living by asking relief from house to house.

One month's hard labour.

Crime committed 2 April 1829

48/B/55

16 January 1829;

Robert Saunders of Westbury-upon-Trym, attorney;

Using three greyhounds to kill a hare on land in Tormarton in the occupation of Joseph Bennett and John Arnold

Rev F Pelly, JP informed at Siston Rectory, by Thomas Webb, gamekeeper to The Duke of Beaufort.

Offender summoned to a Petty Session before the above JP and Rev T Jones, JP at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury. Asked for an adjournment which was granted.

At a Petty Sessions held at the Swan Inn, Chipping Sodbury before Rev F Pelly, Rev T Brooke and W Blathwayt, JP's, offender offered deeds purporting to show ownership of land in Somerset.

Witnesses: George Walters of Acton Turville, under-gamekeeper to the Duke of Beaufort, John Pearce Morris, land valuer and John Norvall of East Brent, Somerset.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 28 October 1829

48/B/56

6 February 1829;

Thomas James of Walcot, Somerset, keeper of livery stables;

Shooting a pheasant at Dyrham and Hinton;

Rev F Pelly JP and Rev T Brooke, JP at a Petty Sessions held at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury.

William Eels of Dyrham and Hinton, informer.

Offender admitted charge.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 6 December, 1828

48/B/57

6 March 1829;

Edwin Bendall of Old Sodbury, cattle-dealer;

Shooting a pheasant at Wapley and Codrington;

Rev F Pelly, JP and Rev I W W Horlock, JP at a Petty Sessions held at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury.

George Dyer of Dodington, informer.

Francis Evans of Wapley and Codrington, witness.

Offender protested that witness could not have seen him as the hedge was too high.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 14 January 1829