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Devon Quarter Sessions - Epiphany 1791 [DRO - QS32/83]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Epiphany Sessions - Bridewell Calendar January 12th, 1791.
| For Trial this Sessions | |
| Elizabeth Staddon Letherby | Removed from High Gaol by order G. Cooke & P. Foulkes clerk's & the late Richard Fortescue esq June 26th 1789 Under Sentence of Transportation. |
| Elizabeth Perriman | Committed by J. Baring esq & G. Cooke clerk Jan 29th 1790 Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Mary Seller | Committed by S. Eyre & J.B. Cholwich esq's Apr 12th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Mary Thomas | Committed by P.R. Webber & H. Beavis esq's Apr 16th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Betty Snooke | Committed by S. Eyre esq & R. Rouse clerk May 3rd Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Edward Turner William Roper junir William Flowers | Tried at Lammas Assizes July 26th Convicted of felony's to be Imprisoned for 1 year. |
| William Roper senior Samuel Carter | Tried at Lammas Assizes July 26th Convicted of felony's to be Imprisoned for 2 years. |
| Thomas Roper | Tried at Lammas Assizes July 26th Convicted of felony to be Imprisoned for 6 months. |
| Richard Turpett | Received His Majesty's Pardon Aug 23rd On condition of being Imprisoned for 1 year. |
| Anstis Loudwell Thomazin Loudwell Elizabeth French | Committed by J. Ley, J. Baring & R.L. Newcombe esq Oct 1st On suspicion of feloniously stealing a Quantity of Serge from the Tenter Ground. [comment - Assize]. |
| Mary Lugg | Committed by J. Baring & R.L. Newcombe esq's Oct 1st On suspicion of feloniously stealing a Quantity of Serge from the Tenter Ground. [comment - Assize]. |
| Elizabeth Bennett | Tried at Michaelmas Sessions Oct 6th Convicted of felony to be Imprisoned for 6 months. |
| Jane Davis | Tried at Michaelmas Sessions Oct 6th Convicted of a misdemeanor to be Imprisoned for 6 months. |
| Joseph Pillan | Committed by F. Buller Yarde esq Oct 20th for want of Sureties to give Evidence against James Hallstaff for a felony. [comment - Assize]. |
| Sarah Densham | Committed by J.R. Moore esq Dec 6th 1790 On suspicion of a burglary for the Assize. |
| William Gibbons | Committed by Charles webster esq Dec 17th for returning to a parish after having been removed by an order - for 1 month. |
| Margaret Handford | Committed by H. Stevens & R. Harding esq's Dec 18th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Elizabeth Wood | Committed by William Cholwich & A. Hawkins esq's Dec 27th Bastardy for 12 months. |
| Frances Matthews | Commiitted by Rev G. Cooke clerk Dec 27th As a Disorderly Apprentice for 1 month. |
| James Govier Isaac Rowe Thomas Bastin | Committed by J. Baring esq Jan 3rd 1791 for not appearing at a Monthly Meeting of the Militia for 6 Calendar months. |
| Sarah Mugford | Committed by J. Baring esq Jan 5th for returning to a parish after having been removed by an order for 1 month. |
| Jane Valentine | Committed by Rev R. Beavis clerk Jan 10th For stealing of Turnips for 1 month. |
| Ann Browning | Committed by Charles Webster esq Oct 11th 1790 for feloniously stealing a pair of Stays. [comment - Acquitted]. |
| Thomas Elford | Committed by Rev J. Jago clerk Oct 14th for feloniously stealing two Geese. [comment - Convicted]. |
| James Jarvis | Committed by A. Hawkins esq Oct 31st for feloniously stealing 4lbs of Mutton. [comment - Convicted]. |
| William Pugsley | Committed by Rev P.D. Foulkes clrk Nov 24th for feloniously stealing a Knife Aslo strongly suspected of several other Felony's. [comment - No Bill]. |
| John Pyne | Committed by Rev george Cooke clerk Dec 6th for feloniously stealing a quantity of Wheat Barley & Oats. [comment - Acquitted]. |
| Thomas Troke | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Dec 8th for feloniously stealing a Cheese. |
| Mary Garlen | Committed by R.L. Newcombe esq Dec 10th for feloniously stealing about 15yards of ribbon. [comment - Acquitted]. |
| Thomas Sealey William King Thomas Cleave | Committed by William Cholwich esq Dec 11th for feloniously stealing about 90pounds of Lead. |
| Mary beard Judith Craft | Committed by William Cholwich esq Dec 14th 1790 for feloniously stealing a basket with Coals in it. [comment - Acquitted]. |
| Joseph Manley | Committed by Charles Webster esq Dec 16th for feloniously stealing a Quantity of Potatoes. [comment - Convicted]. |
| William Beer | Committed by Thomas Lane esq Dec 21st for feloniously stealing a Quantity of Iron. [comment - convicted]. |
| John Ingland | Committed by Sir J. Duntze bart Dec 21st for feloniously stealing two Fowls. [comment - Convicted]. |
| Henry Chown | Committed by Sir J. Duntz Bart Dec 21st for feloniously stealing four Fowls. [comment - convicted]. |
| Nathanial Cole | Committed by Thomas Taylor esq Jan 3rd 1791 for feloniously stealing a Rug and Blankett. [comment - Acquitted]. |
| Arthur Cruitt | Committed by Thomas Taylor esq Jan 10th for feloniously stealing a Quarter of Mutton. [comment - Convicted]. |
| Robert Matthews | Committed by J. Stuckey esq Sept 8th 1790 for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| William Norman | Committed by Charles Webster esq Sept 23rd for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| James Gest | Committed by William Cholwich esq Oct 6th for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| John Callaway | Committed by Rev Charles Hammett clerk & George Bickford esq Dec 8th for disobeying an order in Bastardy. [comment - discharged by consent]. |
| John Burnard | Committed by Rev Charles Hammett clerk Dec 9th for disobeying an order in Bastardy. [comment - when he pays the arrears]. |
| Edward Powell | Committed by R.L. Newcombe esq Dec 31st for want of sureties in Bastardy. |
| Nicholas Flay | Committed by Charles Webster esq Nov 29th for leaving his family. [comment - No prosecution]. |
| Elizabeth Inches | Committed by Rev R. Vyvyan clerk Dec 7th for Breaking the Peace. [comment - Bailed]. |
| Richard Connibeare | Committed by P.R. Webber esq Dec 26th for breaking the Peace. [comment - Convicted]. |
| William Ash Sarah Ash his wife | Committed by Rev P.D. Foulkes clerk Dec 28th for cruelly beating and almost starving to Death for want of proper care and attention Elizabeth Ash a Child of five years old daughter of the said William Ash by a former Wife. |
| Thomas Satchell | Committed by J.R. Moore esq Dec 28th 1790 for leaving his family. [comment - sentenced five weeks Imprisonment]. |
| Michael Passmore | Committed by Rev P. Beavis clerk Jan 3rd 1791 for leaving his family. [comment - no prosecution]. |
| John Hocking | Committed by John Corban esq Nov 24th 1790 Vagrant. |
| John McCloud | Committed by Stephen Hammick esq Dec 3rd Vagrant. |
| Mary Hembury and child | Committed by Thomas Lane esq & Rev Thomas Kitson clerk Dec 13th vagrant. |
| Sarah Kerslake | Committed by Rev George Cooke clerk Dec 21st Vagrant. |
| Jonas Little | Committed by Stephen Hammick esq Dec 31st Vagrant. |
| Stephen Pedden | Committed by Rev george Cooke clerk Jan 1st 1791 Vagrant. |
| On Bail | |
| Robert Bird | Committed by Samuel Eyre esq Oct 1790 for feloniously receiving Nine Ducks knowing them to be stolen. |