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Devon Quarter Sessions - Xmas Sept 1783 [DRO - QS32/53]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Devon [to wit] A Calendar of the prisoners in His Majestys high Gaol for the County of Devon at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at the Castle of exter January 15th 1783.
John Reed | Committed 14th Sept 1782 by Walter Radcliffe esq charged on oaths of Daniel Miller and others with having assaulted John Chipping a private man belonging to the Middlesex Militia. On Bail. |
Mary Diamond | Committed 22nd November 1782 by J. Arscott esq charged on oath of Nathanial Bridgeman with having feloniously stolen one Cardinal and one Cheque Apron from the house of the said Nathanial Bridgeman. [comment] In child-bed 14th January. |
Maria Fisher | Committed 14th Oct 1782 by Ralph Michell esq charged on oath of Susanna Gwin with having violently assaulted and beat the said Susanna Gwin. [comment] Discharged Bill lost. |
John Rowlins | Committed 4th January 1783 by Ralph Michell esq on oath of sarah Rowlins his wife for Assaulting her the said Sarah Rowlins. |
From the County Bridewell. | |
Mary Delve | Committed 23rd Nov 1782 by the Revd James Carrington clerk for feloniously stealing Wheat, Meal, and other things the property of John Drake of Crediton. [comment] Convicted of felony. |
Mary Lendy | Committed 8th December 1782 by the Revd James Carrington clerk for feloniously stealing a Bullocks Cheek the property of Mr. Brown of Crediton. [comment] Convicted of felony. |
William Ford | Committed 10th Dec 1782 by H. Stevens esq for stealing a quantity of hard Wood. [comment] Convicted of felony. |
Elizabeth Mear alias Tremear | Committed 17th Dec 1782 by the revd Thomas Pearce Hockin clerk on suspicion of feloniously stealing two aprons one shirt a handkerchief and a Goose. [comment] Convicted. |
William Coomb | Committed January 9th 1783 by J. LaRoche esq on suspicion of stealing an Hackney Saddle. [comment] Convicted. |
Jane Bowdon | Committed January 11th 1783 by Sir Thomas Taylor Bart charged on oath of william Cock with stealing and carrying away Corn and other goods the property of James Templer esq. [comment] Discharged no prosecution. |
For the Assize | |
Edward Bazzil | Committed July 28th 1782 by Ralph Michell esq on a violent suspicion of Felony. |
Jane Lindsey | Committed 8th August 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for felony. |
William Jones | Committed 17th August 1782 by the Revd John Jago clerk on a violent usupicion of Burglary. |
Matthew Merring | Committed 20th August 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for felony. |
John O Craft | Committed 22nd August 1782 by Jacob Shaw esq for felony. |
Vernon Ley | Committed August 23rd 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for Forgery. |
George Anney Edward Williams | Committed 27th August 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for felony. |
John Paddy | Committed 2nd Sept 1782 by Edward B. Blackett esq for felony. |
Joseph Figgers Francis Thomas | Committed 19th Sept 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for Highway Robbery. |
Henry George Robert George | Committed 7th Oct 1782 by George Bickford esq and the Revd J. Kingdon clerk for felony. |
Richard Parsons James Commings | Committed 10th Oct 1782 by George Marshall esq Mayor of Plymouth. |
Hugh Hardy | Committed 10th Oct 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for assault and suspicion of robbery. |
Ann Lewis Ann Rogers | Committed 12th oct 1782 by Ralph Michell sq on a violent suspicion of Felony. |
John Bowden | Committed 20th October 1782 by William Radcliffe esq on suspicion of Felony. |
Charles McGlashan William McGlashan Alexander McAdam | Committed 26th Oct 1782 by H. Beavis esq for Highway Robbery. |
John Redmund Peter Paris | Committed 29th Oct 1782 by B. Dickinton esq Mayor of Tiverton on a violent suspicion of Burglary. |
Richard Hudson Richard Goodale | Committed 2nd November by M. Haywood and William Radcliffe esq's on suspicion of Felony. |
David Pennett Edward Mereditt | Committed November 10th by Ralph Michell esq for Highway Robbery. |
Sarah Madoit | Committed December 2nd 1782 by Ralph Michell esq for Felony. |
John Avery | Committed 4th Dec 1782 by Thomas Reynolds Gent coroner for Killing and Slaying James Harford. |
James Williams | Committed 4th Dec by George Farwell esq Mayor of Totnes for Robbing the Mail. |
Edward Costilo George Ingham | Committed 17th Dec by G. Marshall esq Mayor of Plymouth and J. Nicols esq for felony and Burglary. |
Edward Bolter | Committed 11th Dec by Edward B. Blackett esq for Horse Stealing. |
Daniel Coombes | Committed 13th Dec by Edward B. Blackett esq for Horse Stealing. |
John Barlow Patrick Callaghan | Committed 18th Dec by Ralph Michell esq for Burglary. |
John Doney | Committed 24th Dec by the Revd J. Pine clerk on a violent suspicion of sheep stealing. |
George Burdon | Committed 24th Dec by James Hamlyn esq for divers Burglary's. |
Jane Keep | Committed 28th Dec by Thomas Lane esq for felony. |
John Manning William Stark | Committed 4th January 1783 by John LaRoche esq for felony. |
Remain on former Orders | |
James Roope Edmund Roope | Committed on a statute of Bankruptcy. |
John Harris | Sentenced for Death last lent Assize but since pardoned and ordered to be imprisoned one year. |
John Grimes | Sentenced last Lammas Assize to be imprisoned six months. |