QSR1846/4/3/4

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

20 October 1846

From: 1846 To: 1846

1. Joseph Edwards; 3. William Ellis; 14. Joseph Woodcraft; 15. Amos Sturman; 20. William Newman - simple larceny - bills returned ignoramus, discharged 24. John Medlow - breaking and stealing in a counting house - bill returned ignoramus, discharged 23. William Asplin - indecent exposure of his person and assault - acquitted 16. William Brown - horse stealing - one month imprisonment in common gaol and 10 years transportation (2 charges) 10. George Barber; 11. John Sullivan; 12. George Smith - house breaking - 7 years transportation 26. George Sherridan - having counterfeit silver coin with intent to utter - 1 year imprisonment, with 4 weeks solitary confinement 18. Charles Dibble - embezzlement - 6 months imprisonment 13. Daniel Hooton; 19. Simeon Stapleton - simple larceny - 4 months imprisonment 27. Ann Huckle - simple larceny - 3 months imprisonment 6. Susannah Smith - larceny being a servant - one month imprisonment 9. Joseph Mead; 25. William Chamberlain; 28. Mary Ann Hardwick - simple larceny - 14 days imprisonment 5. Jane Wilson - simple larceny - 7 days imprisonment 22. Joseph Bowers - simple larceny - 7 days imprisonment 4. Robert Roe - riot and assault (convicted with others at last Epiphany Session) - 24 hours in Common Gaol (Roe having been in the Common Gaol to await decision of the court concrning his forfeited recognizance for not appearing at the last Quarter Sessions, the court having inquired into the circumstances of the case release him frmo the whole of the forfeited recognizances and order him to be discharged from custody). 7. William Hemmings; 17. George Smith - larceny, 2nd offence (Hemmings) and simple larceny (Smith) - entered into recognizance to appear at next Quarter Sessions due to absence from illness of a material witness 21. Samuel Clough - cutting with intent to maim - remanded for trial at Assizes

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Edwards, Joseph,
Ellis, William,
Woodcraft, Joseph,
Sturman, Amos,
Newman, William,
Medlow, John,
Asplin, William,
Brown, William,
Barber, George,
Sullivan, John,
Smith, George,
Sherridan, George,
Dibble, Charles,
Hooton, Daniel,
Stapleton, Simeon,
Huckle, Ann,
Smith, Susannah,
Mead, Joseph,
Chamberlain, William,
Hardwick, Mary Ann,
Wilson, Jane,
Bowers, Joseph,
Roe, Robert,
Hemmings, William,
Smith, George,
Clough, Samuel,
Faulkner, John

imprisonment, transportation, larceny, breaking & entering, horse theft, passing counterfeit coin, embezzlement, assault, sex crimes, rioting, wounding