QSR1848/1/3/3

Return of persons committed, bailed to appear for trial, or indicted at Quarter Sessions held 4 January 1848. Gives names, ages, crimes and result of commitments.

4 January 1848

From: 1848 To: 1848

James Allen, 17 - on bail from last Quarter Sessions, charged wtih simple larceny - no prosecution Josiah Brown, 17; Thomas Westley, 13 - simple larceny - discharged having found sureties for their appearance at the next Quarter Sessions (a material witness absent from illness) John Roberts - assault with intent to ravish - no prosecution James Boxford, 17; Joseph Fisher, 17; Thomas Burgess, 56 - larceny - no bill, discharged Richard Pryor, 36 - obtaining money by false pretences - no bill, discharged George Stokes, 19 - simple larceny - acquitted Solomon Denton, 17; William Pain, 17 - larceny being servants - acquitted Charles Maddocks - receiving stolen goods - acquitted William Dilley, 34 - sheep stealing - 10 years transportation Edward Pepper, 59 - receiving stolen goods after previous conviction - 7 years transportation Samuel Copperwheat, 18 - simple larceny (on 5 several indictments) after previous conviction - one day imprisonment in Common Gaol on each of first 4 cases, 7 years transportation for 5th William Swan, 40 - uttering counterfeit silver coin - one year imprisonment Robert Biggs (alias Robert Bigg), 18 - simple larceny after previous conviction - 8 months imprisonment Abraham Squire, 27 - receiving stolen goods - 6 months imprisonment Thomas Dennis, 19; George Bunnage - simple larceny - 5 months imprisonment William Woodward, 21; John Hinton, 18; Thomas Presland, 18 - simple larceny - 4 months imprisonment James Betts, 26; James Foster, 23; John Barratt, 18; William Hawkins - simple larceny - 3 months imprisonment Thomas Snoxall, 35 - receiving stolen goods - 3 months imprisonment Kitty Emery, 24; John White, 23; George Brown, 23 - simple larceny - 2 months imprisonment Charles Green, 21; Thomas Edwards, 39; William Allen, 28; Richard Ward, 17 - simple larceny - 6 weeks imprisonment Charles Jones, 27; Sarah Lucy Kent, 19 - larceny being servants - 1 month imprisonment William Sanders - simple larceny - 1 month imprisonment George Rayner, 22 - larceny being a servant - 14 days imprisonment on each of 2 indictments, to run consecutively James Donally 18 - house breaking - 14 days imprisonment with private whipping James Brandom; James Smith, 15; Charles Rutt; Henry Norman; Thomas Edwards the younger - simple larceny - 14 days imprisonment William Billington - larceny being a servant - 1 week imprisonment William Tuffnell, 32 - simple larceny - 1 week improsnment John Gobby - an incorrigible rogue - 2 months imprisonment

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Allen, James,
Brown, Josiah,
Westley, Thomas,
Roberts, John,
Boxford, James,
Fisher, Joseph,
Burgess, Thomas,
Pryor, Richard,
Stokes, George,
Denton, Solomon,
Pain, William,
Maddocks, Charles,
Dilley, William,
Pepper, Edward,
Copperwheat, Samuel,
Swan, William,
Biggs, Robert,
Squire, Abraham,
Dennis, Thomas,
Bunnage, George,
Woodward, William,
Hinton, John,
Presland, Thomas,
Betts, James,
Foster, James,
Barratt, John,
Hawkins, William,
Snoxall, Thomas,
Emery, Kitty,
White, John,
Brown, George,
Green, Charles,
Edwards, Thomas,
Allen, William,
Ward, Richard,
Jones, Charles,
Kent, Sarah Lucy,
Sanders, William,
Rayner, George,
Donally, James,
Brandom, James,
Smith, James,
Rutt, Charles,
Norman, Henry,
Edwards, Thomas,
Billington, William,
Tuffnell, William

transportation, imprisonment, larceny, assault, sex crimes, false pretences, receiving stolen goods, stealing animals, sheep, passing counterfeit coin