QSR1847/1/3/3

Return of persons committed, bailed to appear for trial, or indicted at Quarter Sessions held 5 January 1847. Gives names, ages, crimes and result of commitments.

5 January 1847

From: 1847 To: 1847

William Hemmings, 19 - simple larceny after previous conviction - indicted at last Quarter Session, has since died William Bandy, 22; George Stokes, 18 - imple larceny - acquitted Samuel Walker, 20 - simple larceny after previous conviction - acquitted Charles Brown - assault with intent to ravish - having surrendered in discharge of his bail is remanded to the Assizes Wiliam Stimpson, 24 - simple larceny - trial postponed until next Quarter Sessions due to absence from illness of a material witness, remanded unless he finds sureties Charles Weston, 31 - simple larceny after previous conviction - 10 years transportation Samuel Hawkins, 45 - sheep stealing - 10 years transportation Thomas Molster, 36 - simple larceny after previous conviction - 7 years transportation John Chesham - 2 charges of simple larceny after previous conviction - 7 years transportation and 1 week in Common Gaol David Randle, 18 - horse stealing - 1 year imprisonment Benjamin Smith, 19 - breaking and stealing from a shop - 9 months imprisonment (1 week solitary) John Cooper, 45 - larceny being a servant, after previous conviction - 9 months imprisonment George Smith, 39; Thomas Stock, 35 - breaking and stealing from a building - 6 months imprisonment Caroline Smith, 18 - breaking and stealing in a shop - 6 months imprisonment Thomas Black, 54; Jane Black (spinster), 43 - uttering counterfeit coin - 4 months imprisonment Robert Surrey, 20 - breaking and stealing in a shop - 4 months imprisonment Ann Readding (spinster), 22 (2 counts); John Mitchell, 22 - simple larceny - 3 months imprisonment, + further term of 3 months for Ann Readding for 2nd offence Thomas Inns, 12; James Scales, 13; John Paynes, 13 - simple larceny (2 offences) - 7 days imprisonment, + 2 months imprisonment with private whipping Thomas Groom, 22 - breaking and stealing in a building - 2 months imprisonment George Keens, 18 - simple larceny - 1 month imprisonment John Jabez Hart, 22 - breaking and stealing in a shop - 3 weeks imprisonment

item

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