Memoranda of convictions, general

Q/PC2

This index is arranged in the following order

Date, Name, parish and occupation of offender, Crime, Other details

50/B/1

25 January 1831

William Davison, nailor

Becoming chargeable to the parish by returning to Wotton-under-Edge with his wife and family, having been removed elsewhere by settlement order the previous October

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

Hard labour for one month in Horsley House of Correction

50/B/2

19 January 1831

Elisha King

Leaving his wife and children chargeable to Cam parish

H W Dyer, JP at Wotton-under-Edge.

Three months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed October 1830

50/B/3

20 January 1831

[printed form]

James Clarke

Assaulting James Bryant in Clifton [Bristol]

J Parker, JP and J S Harford, JP at Lawford's Gate Sessions Room.

Fined £4 -11s 6d and 8/6 costs, or two calendar months in Lawford's Gate House of Correction.

Crime committed 17 January 1831

50/B/4

17 February 1831

[printed form]

Robert William Meloy

Assaulting Mary Meloy at St Philip and St Jacob [Bristol]

A G H Battersby, JP and W Fripp, JP at Lawford's Gate Sessions room.

Fined £1 and 6/- costs, or one month in Lawford's Gate House of Correction.

Crime committed 14 February 1831

50/B/5

27 January 1831

[printed form]

William Ross

Assaulting William Bryant at St Philip and St Jacob [Bristol]

J Parker, JP and H W Newman, JP at Lawford's Gate Sessions room.

Fined 16/- and 4/- costs or one month in Lawford's Gate House of Correction.

Crime committed 12 December 1830

50/B/6

24 March 1831

William Upton of Winterbourne

Using a wire to catch game in Olveston, without a licence

Charles L Walkey, JP and H W Newman, JP at Lawford's Gate Sessions room.

Fined £10.

Crime committed 17 March 1831

50/B/7

24 March 1831

Moses May of Mangotsfield

Using a wire to catch game in Olveston, without a licence

C L Walkey, JP and H W Newman, JP at Lawford's Gate Sessions room.

Fined £10.

Crime committed 17 March 1831

50/B/8

24 March 1831

James Cook of Olveston

Using a gun to kill game, without a licence

C L Walkey, JP and H W Newman, JP at Lawford's Gate Sessions room.

Fined £10.

Crime committed 26 December 1830

50/B/9

27 January 1831

[printed form]

Anthony Gudge of St Philip and St Jacob [Bristol]

Keeping his house open and selling beer after 10 pm

J Parker, JP and J S Harford, JP at a Petty Sessions for Bristol Division.

First offence.

Fined £2.

Crime committed 15 January 1831

50/B/10

27 January 1831

[printed form]

John Ware of St Philip and St Jacob [Bristol}

Keeping his house open and selling beer after 10 pm

J Parker, JP and J S Harford, JP at a Petty Sessions for Bristol Division.

First offence.

Fined £2.

Crime committed 15 January 1831

50/B/11

27 January 1831

[printed form]

Samuel Hodges of St Philip and St Jacob [Bristol]

Keeping his house open and selling beer after 10 pm

J Parker, JP and J S Harford, JP at a Petty Sessions for Bristol Division.

Fined £2.

Crime committed 15 January 1831

50/B/12

27 January 1831

[printed form]

Richard Gillam of St Philip and St Jacob [Bristol]

Keeping his house open and selling beer after 10 pm

J Parker, JP and J S Harford, JP at a Petty Sessions for Bristol Division.

First offence.

Fined £2.

Crime committed 15 January 1831

50/B/13

13 January 1831

[printed form]

James Bryant of Clifton [Bristol]

Permitting unlawful games on licensed premises

J Vaughan, JP and G Goldney, JP at a Petty Sessions for Bristol Division.

First offence.

Fined £3.

Crime committed 28 December 1830

50/B/14

24 March 1831

[printed form]

John Hunt

Assaulting Margaret Crawley, Catherine Smith and Ann White at Leckhampton

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £1, or fourteen days in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 March 1831

50/B/15

5 March 1831

[printed form]

Joseph Seward

Assaulting Henry Watkins at Cheltenham

R Capper, JP and Rev W Hicks, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £1 and 6/- costs, or fourteen days in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 7 February 1831

50/B/16

22 February 1831

Jemima Bonnewell of Cheltenham

Permitting persons of bad character to meet in her alehouse

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

First offence.

Fined £2 and 5/6 costs.

Crime committed 19 February 1831

50/B/17

22 March 1831

[printed form]

John Hill

Assaulting William Morgan at Cheltenham

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £1 and 5/- costs, or one calendar month in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 7 March 1831

50/B/18

3 March 1831

[printed form]

Thomas Hodges of Cheltenham, retail beer dealer

Keeping his house open for the sale of beer after 10 pm

R Capper, JP and R B Cooper, JP at Cheltenham District Petty Sessions.

First offence.

Fined £2 and 5/6 costs.

Crime committed 28 February 1831

50/B/19

10 March 1831

[printed form]

Thomas Fox of Cheltenham, retail beer dealer

Keeping his house open for the sale of beer after 10 pm

R Capper, JP and Rev W Hicks, JP at Cheltenham District Petty Sessions.

Second offence.

Fined £4 and 5/6 costs.

Crime committed 7 March 1831

50/B/20

22 March 1831

[printed form]

James Whitfield and John Barton

Assaulting John Venfield at Cheltenham

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined 10/- and 6/6 costs, or fourteen days in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 19 March 1831

50/B/21

24 March 1831

[printed form]

Thomas Sheldon

Assaulting Ann White at Leckhampton

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £3, or two calendar months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 March 1831

50/B/22

22 March 1831

[printed form]

John Hill

Assaulting Andrew Hathaway at Cheltenham

R B Cooper, JP And R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined 5, or two months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 21 March 1831

50/B/23

24 March 1831

[printed form]

Thomas Sheldon

Assaulting Margaret Crawley at Leckhampton

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £3, or two calendar months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 March 1831

50/B/24

29 March 1831

[printed form]

George Flowers of Cheltenham, licensed victualler

Permitting drunkenness and disorderly behaviour on his premises

R Capper, JP and Rev W Hicks. JP at Cheltenham.

Second offence.

Fined £6 and 5/6 costs.

Crime committed 26 March 1831

50/B/25

24 March 1831

[printed form]

Thomas Sheldon

Assaulting Catherine Smith at Leckhampton

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £3, or two calendar months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 March 1831

50/B/26

24 February 1831

[printed form]

James Morgan of Cheltenham, beer retailer

Keeping his house open for the sale of beer after 10 pm

R Capper, JP and Rev W Hicks, JP at Cheltenham District Petty Sessions.

First offence.

Fined £2 and 4/6 costs.

Crime committed 21 February 1831

50/B/27

5 March 1831

[printed form]

Thomas Turner

Assaulting Rebecca Turner at Cheltenham

R B Cooper, JP and Rev W Hicks, JP at Cheltenham.

Fined £2 and 5/6 costs, or fourteen days in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 4 March 1831

50/B/28

24 March 1831

Samuel Milton of Badgeworth, labourer

Possessing and using one wire, one net and one iron trap for the taking of game, when not qualified

R B Cooper, JP and R Capper, JP at Cheltenham.

James Burrows, yeoman of Witcombe, informer and witness.

Implements found in offender's house. Offender (reputed poacher) made no defence against charge.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 22 March 1831

50/B/29

7 February 1831

William Newcomb of Cirencester, beer retailer

Keeping his house open and allowing beer to be consumed after 10 pm

Rev C Pitt, JP and Rev H A Pye, JP at Cirencester District Petty Sessions.

First offence.

Fined 40/- and 5/- costs.

Crime committed 5 January 1831

50/B/30

19 March 1831

Mary Brewer of Cirencester, singlewoman

Riotous and indecent behaviour in Cirencester

Rev H A Pye, JP at Cirencester.

Hard labour for two calendar months in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 18 March 1831.

50/B/31

7 February 1831

George Hinton of Cirencester, licensed victualler

Allowing disorderly conduct on his premises

Rev C Pitt, JP and Rev H A Pye, JP.

First offence.

Fined 10/- and 5/- costs.

Crime committed 8 January 1831

50/B/32

8 February 1831

William Damp of Cirencester, beer retailer

Keeping his house open and allowing beer to be consumed after 10 pm

Hon C Bathurst, JP and Rev H A Pye, JP at Cirencester Division Petty Sessions.

First offence.

Fined 40/- and 5/- costs.

Crime committed 15 January 1831

50/B/33

29 January 1831

Richard Bishop of Bibury, cabinet-maker

Keeping and using a dog to kill game when not qualified

Rev J W Peters, JP at Quenington.

Thomas Bayliss, gamekeeper, and John Hicks, assistant gamekeeper, both of Bibury, informer and witness.

Offender pleaded not guilty.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 28 January 1831

50/B/34

29 January 1831

James Lees of Bibury, dealer

Using a gun to kill game in Coln St Aldwyn, when not qualified

Rev J W Peters, JP at Quenington.

Thomas Bayliss, gamekeeper, and John Hicks, assistant gamekeeper, both of Bibury, informer and witness.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 28 January 1831

50/B/35

10 March 1831

Joseph Jones of Broadwell

Selling beer without a licence

Rev F E Witts, JP.

First offence.

Fined £10 and 9/- costs.

Crime committed 22 February 1831

50/B/36

10 March 1831

Joseph Jones of Broadwell

Selling spirits without a licence

Rev F E Witts, JP.

First offence.

Fined £10 and 9/- costs.

Crime committed 22 February 1831

50/B/37

10 February 1831

Thomas Pool of the Red Lion, Stow-on-the-Wold

Harbouring notorious bad characters on his premises

Re F E Witts, JP for Slaughter Hundred.

First offence.

Fined £2 and 5/- costs.

Crime committed 8 February 1831

50/B/38

15 March 1831

[printed form]

Daniel Mutlow

Causing his wife and family to become chargeable to Painswick parish for the previous three weeks

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Hard labour for one calendar month in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 22 February 1931

50/B/39

6 March 1831

[printed form]

David Elliotts of Frocester, labourer

Cutting down and stealing an ash tree in a wood, the property of Thomas, Lord Ducie

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined £5 and 1/6 damages, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 14 December 1830

50/B/40

11 March 1831

[printed form]

Hannah Wager, singlewoman of Painswick

Damaging a hedge, the property of Thomas Loveday, yeoman of Painswick

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 5/-, 1/- damages and 8/- costs, or three weeks hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 17 February 1831

50/B/41

11 February 1831

[printed form]

William Sims

Causing his wife to become chargeable to Rodborough parish for the previous month

H Burgh, JP and W H Hyett, JP at Stroud.

Hard labour for one calendar month in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 11 January 1831

50/B/42

11 February 1831

[printed form]

Benjamin Pearce and Richard Nicholls of Stroud, labourers.

Stealing about four bushels of turnips from ground occupied by William Capel the younger of Painswick

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Hard labour for one calendar month in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 11 February 1831

50/B/43

4 February 1831

[printed form]

William Baker, labourer of Stroud

Cutting down and stealing a beech tree from a wood in Stroud, the property of John Lewis and Richard Harris

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 5/-, 1/- damages and 9/- costs, or hard labour for one calendar month in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 1 February 1831

50/B/44

26 January 1831

[printed form]

Samuel Cooke of Randwick, labourer

Damaging a dead fence, part of a wood in Standish, the property of John, Lord Sherborne

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined 5/- damages and 15/- costs, or two months hard labour in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 17 January 1831

50/B/45

25 January 1831

[printed form]

William Bennett and George White, labourers of Stroud

Cutting down and damaging a beech tree in a wood at Standish, the property of John, Lord Sherborne

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Fined £4 and 2/6 damages, or hard labour for six weeks in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 22 January 1831

50/B/46

15 January 1831

[printed form]

Ellen Johnson

Loitering in Stroud with intent to commit a felony

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

Described as a "suspected person".

Hard labour for three calendar months in Horsley House of Correction.

Crime committed 14 January 1831

50/B/47

5 February 1831

Joseph Bellamy, innkeeper of the Crown and Anchor at Stonehouse

Permitting gaming on his premises

H Burgh, JP and P Hawker, JP at Stroud.

First offence.

Fined £2 and 6/6 costs.

Crime committed 1 February 1931

50/B/48

11 February 1831

[printed form]

John Stockham of Stroud, carpenter

Possessing and exposing one hare for sale

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

John Gay, gamekeeper of Stroud informer.

Henry Butcher, labourer of Leonard Stanley, witness.

Offender did not appear.

His father George, a cooper of Stroud, his mother Deborah and brother George Joseph, deposed that he was ill at the relevant time and was not in his father's workshop.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 6 February 1831

50/B/49

5 November 1830

[printed form]

Mark Somers the younger, labourer of Stroud

Possessing a hare and exposing it for sale

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

William Robins, labourer of Stroud, informer (on 28 August).

John Gay, gamekeeper of Stroud, witness.

Offender pleaded not guilty, but offered no defence.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 21 August 1830

50/B/50

23 December 1830

[printed form]

Benjamin Robins of Stonehouse, labourer

Using a wire to kill game in Nympsfield

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

George Wilcockson, gamekeeper of Nympsfield, informer.

John Barker, gamekeeper of Horsley, witness.

Offender pleaded guilty.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 21 December 1830

50/B/51

5 November 1830

[printed form]

Mark Somers the younger of Stroud, labourer

Using a wire to kill game in Stroud

H Burgh, JP at Stroud.

William Robins, labourer of Stroud, informer (on 26 August).

John Gay, gamekeeper of Stroud, witness.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 21 August 1830

50/B/52

9 March 1831

William Buckle, beer retailer of The Crown, Kemerton

Allowing drunkenness on his premises

J Timbrill, DD, JP and Rev J Keysall, JP at a Petty Sessions.

First offence.

Fined 40/- and 9/- costs.

Crime committed Sunday 27 February 1831

50/B/53

9 March 1831

Hannah Butler, widow of Dumbleton

Violently beating Elizabeth Burrows in her mother's house at Dumbleton

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

Fined 10/-, to be paid to Thomas Steight, overseer of the poor, and 16/- costs.

Crime committed 5 March 1831

50/B/54

23 March 1831

John Stockwell and Samuel Taylor, butchers of Cheltenham

Assaulting Daniel Dibbel, labourer of Deerhurst, without provocation

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

Fined 35/- each, to be paid to Isaac Bloxham, overseer of the poor of Deerhurst, and 24/6 costs.

Crime committed 14 March 1831

50/B/55

17 January 1831

[printed form]

John Roberts, beer seller of Long Marston

Allowing beer to be consumed after 10 pm

Rev J R Hall, JP and Rev J Adams, JP at a Petty Sessions for Kiftsgate Hundred (Upper Division).

First offence.

Fined £2, one half of which to be paid to the prosecutor, Charles Cooper of Long Marston, and 6/6 costs.

Crime committed 27 December 1831

50/B/56

14 February 1831

Richard Stephens of Chipping Campden, labourer

Refusing to maintain himself, thereby becoming chargeable to the parish

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

Hard labour for one calendar month in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 8 February 1831

50/B/57

3 January 1831

George Young, labourer of Ebrington

Breaking down posts and rails standing in a sheep wash, the property of John Phillips of Ebrington, farmer

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

Fined 6d and 3/- damages, to be paid to Samuel Keyte, overseer of the poor, and 12/6 costs, or hard labour for one month in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 11 December 1830

50/B/58

6 December 1830

Sarah, the wife of John Hutchins, labourer of Todenham

Breaking down a dead mound standing in a field, the property of Thomas Wyatt of Todenham, farmer

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

Fined 3/- and 1/- damages, to be paid to Thomas Holloway, overseer of the poor, and 6/- costs, or hard labour for one month in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 20 November 1830

50/B/59

3 January 1831

Nathaniel and William Unitt, labourers of Long Marston

Assaulting Charles Cooper of Long Marston

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

Fined £1 and 18/6 costs, or one calendar month in Northleach House of Correction.

Crime committed 27 December 1830

50/B/60

31 January 1831

Charles Walker of Condicott [Condicote]

Using a gun and dogs to kill game in Sir Charles Cockerill's plantation in Condicott [Condicote]

Rev C Jeaffreson, JP at Bourton-on-the-Hill.

William Fletcher, gamekeeper and Robert Bowles, both of Sezincote, informer and witness.

Pleaded not guilty, but offered no defence.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 19 January 1831

50/B/61

14 January 1831

George Shipton of Oldbury?on?the?Hill, labourer

Using a gun to kill game in Rudge Wood, Oldbury?on?the?Hill, the property of the Duke of Beaufort

F Trotman, JP; W G Davy, JP and W Blathwayt, JP at a Petty Sessions held at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury.

William Roach, gamekeeper of Sopworth, Wilts, informer.

Abel Kingston, woodward of Didmarton, witness, deposed that he saw offender with three other men beating for game. When challenged offender broke gun and put it in his pocket.

Changed plea to guilty on hearing evidence and declared he would not, thereafter, use a gun.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 18 December 1830.

50/B/62

14 January 1831

William Ball, labourer of Acton Turville

Having a hare in his possession in a field occupied by Mrs Betty Marsh of Acton Turville

W G Davy, JP; F Trotman, JP and W Blathwayt, JP at a Petty Sessions held at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury.

George Walters of Acton Turville, under-gamekeeper to the Duke of Beaufort, informer.

Thomas Webb, gamekeeper to the Duke of Beaufort, witness.

Jeremiah Isaac, constable of Acton Turville delivered summons, but offender did not appear.

Fined £5.

Crime committed Sunday 14 November 1830

50/B/63

14 January 1831

Nathaniel Fielding alias Fidler and Emanuel Eastmeade, labourers of Acton Turville

Setting a snare in a field in the occupation of James Hatherall of Acton Turville

W G Davy, JP; F Trotman, JP and W Blathwayt, JP at a Petty Sessions held at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury.

Thomas Webb, gamekeeper, and George Walters, under-gamekeeper, informer and witness.

Both pleaded not guilty, but when asked for their defence said they were unemployed and had nothing else to do.

Fined £5.

Crime committed 25 November 1830