QSR1847/1/3/4

List of cases at Bedford Quarter Sessions. Gives case numbers, names, offences, and outcome.

5 January 1847

From: 1847 To: 1847

1. William Hemmings - simple larceny after previous conviction - indicted at last Quarter Session, has since died 11. William Bandy; 12. George Stokes - simple larceny - acquitted 19. Samuel Walker - simple larceny after previous conviction - acquitted 24. Charles Brown - assault with intent to ravish - having surrendered in discharge of his bail is remanded to the Assizes 25. William Stimpson - simple larceny - trial postponed until next Quarter Sessions due to absence from illness of a material witness, remanded unless he finds sureties 14. Charles Weston - simple larceny after previous conviction - 10 years transportation 15. Samuel Hawkins - sheep stealing - 10 years transportation 26. Thomas Molster - simple larceny after previous conviction - 7 years transportation 27. John Chesham - 2 charges of simple larceny after previous conviction - 7 years transportation and 1 week in Common Gaol 3. David Randle - horse stealing - 1 year imprisonment 22. Benjamin Smith - breaking and stealing from a shop - 9 months imprisonment (1 week solitary) 16. John Cooper - larceny being a servant, after previous conviction - 9 months imprisonment 2. George Smith; 17. Thomas Stock - breaking and stealing from a building - 6 months imprisonment 23. Caroline Smith - breaking and stealing in a shop - 6 months imprisonment 9. Thomas Black; 10. Jane Black (spinster) - uttering counterfeit coin - 4 months imprisonment 13. Robert Surrey - breaking and stealing in a shop - 4 months imprisonment 8. Ann Readding (spinster) (2 counts); 20. John Mitchell - simple larceny - 3 months imprisonment, + further term of 3 months for Ann Readding for 2nd offence 4. Thomas Inns; 5. James Scales; 6. John Paynes - simple larceny (2 offences) - 7 days imprisonment, + 2 months imprisonment with private whipping 18. Thomas Groom - breaking and stealing in a building - 2 months imprisonment 7. George Keens - simple larceny - 1 month imprisonment 21. John Jabez Hart - breaking and stealing in a shop - 3 weeks imprisonment

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Hemmings, William,
Bandy, William,
Stokes, George,
Walker, Samuel,
Brown, Charles,
Stimpson, William,
Weston, Charles,
Hawkins, Samuel,
Molster, Thomas,
Chesham, John,
Randle, David,
Smith, Benjamin,
Cooper, John,
Smith, George,
Stock, Thomas,
Smith, Caroline,
Black, Thomas,
Black, Jane,
Surrey, Robert,
Readding, Ann,
Mitchell, John,
Inns, Thomas,
Scales, James,
Payne, John,
Groom, Thomas,
Keens, George,
Hart, John Jabez

transportation, imprisonment, larceny, assault, stealing animals, sheep, breaking & entering, passing counterfeit coin