GENUKI: Exeter Police January - February 1850, Devon

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Charge Book Entries for January - February 1850

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Date	Person charged	Charge	Person	Witness	Taken into	Charging	D/B	Magistrate	Remarks
			Charging		Custody by	Officer
01 Jan	Caroline Manley	use of obscene	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	2/6 plus costs or
1850	factory girl	language in							1week at house
	Exeter	Fore Street							of correction

01 Jan	John Hawkins	begging in	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1week in prison
	weaver Liverpool	Bridge Street

01 Jan	John Brown	D/begging in the	Insp Merrifield		Insp Merrifield	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1month in prison
	labourer	High Street & use
	Bitton Gloucester	of obscene &
		threatening lang
		at station house

01 Jan	Susan Brand	D/use of obscene	#29 William		#29 William Luxton	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	10/= or 2weeks
	prostitute Exeter	language Fore St	Luxton						in prison

03 Jan	George Lee	begging in	Insp Stuckes		Insp Stuckes	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	2weeks in prison
	seaman London	North Street							or leve town imm

04 Jan	Sarah Hurley	warrant neglecting	Mary Ann	Mary Ann	#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	2/6 plus costs or
		to obey summons	Makepeace	Makepeace					1week in default
		for abusive lang
		toward comp

05 Jan	Edward Ley	begging & use of	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	dismissed with a
		obscene lang by	Preston						reprimand
		Eaton Place in
		Paris Street

05 Jan	Richard Webber	begging in the	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Supt Steel	D	Bench	Webber = 2days
	labourer	High Street	Preston						in prison
	Holcolmbe Rogus
	Henry Howard								Howard = 1week
	labourer Cork								in prison [2nd conv]

06 Jan	Louisa Sanders	D/incapable in	#28 George		#28 George Starke	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= with 1week to
	West St Exeter	Mary Arches St	Starke						pay

07 Jan	William Fulford	use of obscene	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	reprimanded and
		lang by Eaton	Preston						detained 6hours
		Place Paris St

08 Jan	George Evans	theft of a piece of	Insp Stuckes		Insp Stuckes	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	committed to trial
		lead pipe from the							1month in prison
		Higher Market
		property of the
		town council


10 Jan	William Fulford	with writing obs	#19 John Wall	Joseph Austin	#19 John Wall	Supt Steel	D	Bench	20/= or 2weeks
		language on a							in prison
		shutter in
		St Sidwells

10 Jan	Elizabeth Burke	begging in the	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Supt Steel	D	Bench	2weeks in prison
		Friars	Preston

10 Jan	Eli Browning	theft on 25th Jan	Insp Stuckes		Insp Stuckes	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed to trial
		1849 a brass milk							Acquitted
		pan prop of comp

11 Jan	Mary Ann Wellington	use of obscene	#28 George		#28 George Starke	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	10/= plus costs or
	prostitute Exeter	language in	Starke						1week in prison
		Bedford Circus
		& assault on Pc
		in station house

11 Jan	William Larn	begging in	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1week hard labour
	confectioner	Paul Street	Preston						[2nd conviction]
	London

12 Jan	William Cole	wilfully bk'ing	Mason	Mason	brought from the	Supt Steel	D	Bench	2week hard labour
	Mary Cole	glass at the		minister of the	workhouse
	Kerry Cole	City workhouse		workhouse

	John Sullivan	-ditto-							2week hard labour
	Ellen Sullivan
	all of Cork Ireland

12 Jan	William Leake	begging in	John Shears		John Shears	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	1week in prison
	seaman	Spillar Street	Beadle		Beadle
	Hampshire

12 Jan	William Langmead	begging on	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	[not noted]
	labourer	St Davids Hill	Preston
	Alphington

12 Jan	Thomas Lynch	begging in the	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Supt Steel	D	Bench	2weeks in prison
	labourer Ireland	High Street	Preston

12 Jan	Michael Driscoll	begging in the	Mr Clapp	Mr Clapp	#22 William Bray	Supt Steel	D	Bench	3days or to leave
	labourer Ireland	Southernhay		25 High Street					city immediately

12 Jan	John Rodgers	begging in	#15 John		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	admonished and
	mariner	West Street	Hosgood						discharged
	Southampton

14 Jan	Charles Williams	begging in the	#22 Wm Bray		#22 William Bray	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	admonished and
		High Street							discharged

14 Jan	George Gardiner	theft of 3pieces	John Passmore	John Passmore	#22 William Bray	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	10days in prison
	smith Exeter	of wood from the		timber dealer
		Barnfield property		Paris Street
		of complainant

15 Jan	Louisa Jenkins	begging in the	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1week in prison if
		High Street	Preston						found in the city in
									one hour

15 Jan	James Rowse	begging in the	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1week in prison if
	labourer	High Street	Preston						found in the city in
	Cornwall								one hour

16 Jan	William Langmead	begging in the	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	sent to the Corp of
	labourer Exeter	Southernhay							the Poor

16 Jan	John Moxey	theft from Fords	Chas James	Chas James Jago	Insp Fulford	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	committed to trial
	John Arthurs	Waggon in Fore	Jago	Wares Buildings					Moxey = 6months
	Exeter	St a bag cont a		St Thomas					Arthurs = 4months
		number of
		sponges prop
		of complainant

16 Jan	Robert Pomeroy	receiving above			Insp Fulford	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	10days in prison
	shoe maker	property knowing
	Exeter	it to be stolen

19 Jan	William Summerfield	theft of 2rolls of	Abraham	Abraham Gosling	Insp Fulford	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	discharged
	late 32nd Regiment	oil cloth from the	Cleeve	a servant to
	Exeter	complainant on	71 High St	Mr Cleeve
		the evening of
		the 15th inst

19 Jan	Mary Sweet	begging in	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	[not noted]
	Bristol	Magdalene St


20 Jan	Robert Clarke	fighting & creating	Insp Merrifield		Insp Merrifield	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	admonished and
	John Cocker	a dist in West St	Supt Steel						discharged
	West Street
20 Jan	Thomas Hart	use of obscene	#19 John		#19 John Wall	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1week in prison
	labourer Exeter	lang in Fore St	Wall

21 Jan	John Hoare	theft of a qty of	Kerzsons	Messrs Kerzson	#27 George Moore	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	comm to sessions
	labourer Exeter	junk from the		Tanner					6months in prison
		complainant		Lions Holt

21 Jan	William Manley	theft of a hatchet	Thomas Yole	Thomas Yole		Insp Fulford	D	Bench	committed to trial
	labourer Exeter	from complainant		gardener at					20days in prison
				J.Champion esq
				Higher Duryard
				St Davids

22 Jan	William Cook	D/D in West St	#14 John		#14 John Steer	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	2/6 or 1week in
	West Street		Steer						prison

24 Jan	Thomas Dymond	begging in	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	comm 14days in
	paper hanger	Hills Court Terr							prison
	Exeter

25 Jan	Richard Sclater	having feloniously	Wm Blackmore	William Blackmore	#12 John Dymond	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	rem to Tues 29th
	of B & E	uncorked a kilder		Supt B & E Rail					comm 4months
	Railway Station	of beer & drinking							in prison
		from to
		defraud B & E
		railway company

25 Jan	Thomas Dommeth	aiding & assisting			#5 Tho Vaughan	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	discharged
	porter B & E	in above robbery

26 Jan	Bridget Hurley	begging in	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	3days in house of
		Sidwell Street							correction

26 Jan	Thomas Wood	theft from comp	Chas Manley	Chas Manley	Insp Ellecombe	Insp Fulford	D	County	committed
	labourer Exeter	of a bucket &		butcher					9weeks in prison
		wood rail with a		St Sidwells
		number of		John Manley
		butchers crooks		Broadgate
		attached to it


28 Jan	Elizabeth Dunn	use of obscene	Jane Paine	Jane Paine	#17 George Guppy	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	10/= plus costs or
	prostitute	lang & assault							2weeks in prison
		on complainant
		in Fore Street

29 Jan	George May	breaking open a	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fouraker	D	County	remand to Thurs
	policeman of	box & theft of	Guppy						1st Feb then comm
	SD Railway	various articles							10years 2months
		of wearing apparel							in prison
		on the SD railway

29 Jan	William Gill	with obtaining a	Wm Goodridge	George Dymond	Insp Fulford	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	comm but died
	miller Exeter	bushel of Barley	malster	servant to					before the
		from comp on	Heavitree	Mr Goodridge					sessions held
		21 Dec last under		Guinea Street
		false pretences

29 Jan	William Rose	begging at Mr		Mr Goldsworthy	#26 Stephen Crocker	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	committed
	brush maker	Goldsworthys in		John Warren					2months hard
	London	St Olaves &							labour
		Assault on John
		Warren servant

30 Jan	John Mudge	in possession of	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	discharged &
	George Mudge	3bags of greens	Guppy		#20 James Preston				greens detained
	William Cornall	& no proper acct

30 Jan	Sarah Mitcham	theft of a waist-	John Partridge	John Partridge	#24 John Baker	Supt Steel	D	Bench	discharged
	prostitute	coat a h'kerchief		smith
	Exeter	& a metal guard		Okehampton
		Chain

30 Jan	Charles Parkhouse	begging in the	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	committed
	labourer	New North Road							14days in prison
	Newton St Cyres

31 Jan	William Merrifield	theft of a loaf of	Mr Voysey	William Worden	#29 William Luxton	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed
	Exeter	bread property	baker	10 Melbourne St					2weeks in prison
		of complainant	Holloway St

01 Feb	Edwin Davey	use of obscene	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	10/= plus costs or
		language in a	Merrifield						14days in prison
		Public Street

02 Feb	John Brown	begging in James	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	[not stated]
	labourer	Place Sidwell St	Merrifield

02 Feb	William Wright	D/use of obscene	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	5/= plus costs or
	labourer Exeter	lang in High St	Guppy						1week in prison

03 Feb	Harriett Salter	theft of a silver	Chas Cross	Charles Cross	#22 William Bray	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	committed and
	prostitute	watch the prop		watch maker					both acquitted
		of complainant		Paul Street
	Elizabeth Wilkey	receiving
	prostitute	knowing it to be
		stolen

03 Feb	Elizabeth Radford	suspected of	Insp Fulford	Sarah Curry	Insp Fulford	Supt Steel	D	County	comm to Assizes
		causing the death		Mary Rowe					adjourned to next
		of Elizabeth &		Sarah Rowe					assizes not being
		Harriett her two		John Lang					fit to stand trial
		children by wilfully		Edmund Palmer
		throwing them in		Sarah Lang
		the [Exeter] canal		Joseph Braily
				Charles Kingdon

03 Feb	Joseph Edwards	theft of 5 tele-	Mr Carter	Mr Carter	#16 Tho Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	juvenile offenders
	St Sidwells	scopes from the		optician					Edwards 6weeks
	James Coker	shop of comp		High Street					& once whipped
	St Sidwells								Coker = 14days
	Charles Pitts								in prison
	Brook Green								Pitts = admonish
									& discharged

04 Feb	Sarah Hurley	suspect theft of	Sarah Thomas	Sarah Thomas	#17 George Guppy	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	committed
	prostitute Exeter	a Victorine & a		servant at the					2months in prison
		shawl the prop		Topsham Inn
		of complainant		South Street

05 Feb	William Langmead	begging in the	#14 John		#14 John Steer	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	committed
	Exeter	Fore Street	Steer						1week in prison

05 Feb	Dennis Cosegrove	begging in the	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	1week in prison or
	sailor	Fore Street	Merrifield						1hour to leave city

05 Feb	Thomas Rowe	begging in the	#14 John		#14 John Steer	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	committed
	labourer	Fore Street	Steer						1month in prison

06 Feb	Margaret Healey	begging in	#13 James		#13 James Budd	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	comm 1week in
	Ireland	Clifton Place	Budd						prison or leave the
									City in 1hour
06 Feb	Richard Elson	in poss of a qty	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	committed
	Blackboy Road	of cigars & a							Elson = 4months
		bottle of hair oil							and whipped
	Robert Morrish	believed stolen							Morrish = disch
	St Sidwells

07 Feb	Thomas Baker	D/use of obscene	#15 John		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	40/= each plus
	Exe Lane	lang in North St	Hosgood						costs or 1month
	William Sharland	& assault on a Pc	#29 William		#29 William Luxton				to hard labour in
	Exeter		Luxton						default

07 Feb	John Pyle	fighting & creating	George		s-num George Martin	Supt Steel	D	Bench	admonished &
	mariner Exeter	a disturbance &	Martin						discharged on
		use of obscene	s-numm Pc						payment of costs
		lang in the Island

08 Feb	Robert Hemmett	in poss of 8ducks	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	remanded to
		believed stolen	Merrifield						Monday next

08 Feb	Richard Bray	begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	committed
	mariner	Bridge Street	Guppy						2weeks in prison
	St Austell

09 Feb	Michael Hearn	begging in	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	comm 1week in
	labourer	Hills Court	Merrifield						prison or allowed
	Ireland								1hour to leave the
									City

09 Feb	William Wescombe	theft of an over-	John Follet	John Follet esq	#16 Tho Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed
	Exeter	coat from house		Southernhay					15days in prison
		of complainant

10 Feb	Thomas B Kerswell	violent assault on	George Selley	George Selley	#11 William Ash	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	5/= plus costs or
	cooper	complainant by		plasterer					1week in prison
	Blackboy Road	wilfully stabbing		Blackboy Road
		Him

13 Feb	George Newton	theft from comp	Joseph Levi	Joseph Levi	Insp Fouraker	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	comm 6months -
	porter Exeter	of 12dozen shirt							24days solitary
		buttons							3days at a time

13 Feb	Samuel Bertram	wilfully setting fire	William Brake	William E Brake	Supt Steel	Supt Steel	D	Bench	remanded to Fri
	Foote	to his premises		Supt West of					15th - committed
	grocer Exeter	in Queen Street		England Fire					to next assizes
		on the night of		Brigade					transported for life
		the 11th inst

14 Feb	William Watkins	use of obscene &	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	admonished &
	sailor	threatening lang	Merrifield						discharged
	Portsmouth	Cathedral Yard

14 Feb	Charles Williams	sleeping in a cart	#24 William		#24 William Baker	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	admonished &
	[aged 13years]	in Commercial Rd	Baker						discharged

14 Feb	Robert Pile	theft on 2nd Jan	Insp Stuckes		Insp Stuckes	Insp Woolcott	D	County	committed
	stone mason	of a black coat							7years on prison
	Exmouth	& waist-coat &
		a shaker from
		the complainant

14 Feb	John Hill	D/D in the Royal	James Gill	James Gill	#10 John Holway	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1/= plus costs
	labourer Exeter	Artillery Inn		residing at the
		Holloway Street		Royal Artillery

14 Feb	Thomas Gover	fighting & use of	Thomas Ford		Thomas Ford	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	10/= plus costs or
	labourer Exeter	obscene lang in	s-numm Pc		s-numm Pc				1week in prison
		Summerland St

15 Feb	Elizabeth Burke	D/begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	disch on account
		South Street	Guppy						of having a child
									then lying dead

17 Feb	Sarah James	use of obscene	#13 Jas Budd		#13 James Budd	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	10/= fine or 1week
	prostitute	language in the							in prison
	Devonport	High Street

17 Feb	Mary Sullivan	begging in the	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	Sullivan = 1week
	Elizabeth Burke	Mint	Guppy						Burke = 2weeks in
									Prison

18 Feb	Robert Sanders	begging in the	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	1week in prison
		Cathedral Yard	Guppy						[7th conviction]

18 Feb	Thomas Fowler	begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	1week in prison
	rope maker	Summerland	Guppy						if seen in Exeter
	Bridport	Place							again this day

20 Feb	Robert Lascelles	sleeping in a	Insp Fouraker		Insp Fouraker	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	committed 1week
	Exeter	stable belonging							in prison [2nd off]
		to Mr Hooper esq
		St Davids

20 Feb	Joshua Salter	receiving a	Insp Woolcott	William Endicott	Insp Woolcott	Insp Luckes	D	County	committed
	tailor Exeter	weather glass							6months in prison
		knowing it to have
		been stolen

20 Feb	James Griffen	theft of a weather	Jane	Jane MacKinnon	Insp Woolcott	Insp Stuckes	D	County	discharged for
	tailor St Sidwells	glass the property	MacKinnon	4 Belview Cotts					want of evidence
	Robert Norrish	of complainant		Mount Radford
	porter
	Mount Radford

23 Feb	John Mears	theft of Brandy	Mary Parker	Mary Parker	#13 James Budd	Supt Steel	D	Bench	discharged
	mason Exeter	property of		spirit merchant
		the complainant		The Friars

24 Feb	Elizabethy Salter	D/use of obscene	#14 John		#14 John Steer	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	5/= plus costs or
	prostitute Exeter	lang in West St	Steer						1week in prison

24 Feb	John Langmead	use of obscene	#28 George		#28 George Starke	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	2/6 fine plus costs
	carpenter	lang in the High	Starke
	Plymouth	St & breaking a
		Pc great-coat

24 Feb	Thomas Mark	D/D in	Thomas Ford		Thomas Ford	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	2/6 plus costs
	[Richards]	Sidwell Street	s-numm Pc		s-numm Pc				[index as Thomas
	clerk Exeter								Mark but believed
									to be Thomas
									Mark Richards]

24 Feb	Mary Crawley	begging in the	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	relieved with 2/6
	Ireland	Mint	Guppy

24 Feb	William MacDonal	begging in			Insp Stuckes	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	1month hard
	Ireland	St Davids							labour

25 Feb	Patrick Pheelah	begging Northern-	Sgt Howard		Sgt Howard	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	1week in prison
	no occupation	hay Row & assault
	Ireland	on a Pc

25 Feb	Andrew Madge	warrant for assault	Sgt Lascelles		Sgt Lascelles	Supt Steel	D	Bench	40/= plus costs or
	mariner Exeter	on his wife							1month in prison
		Elizabeth

26 Feb	William Holland	begging in the	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	discharged
	cotton spinner	Southernhay	Guppy
	Bristol

27 Feb	William Langmead	theft of a 2lb loaf	William [Tozer]	William [Tozer]		Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	remanded to Fri
	labourer	of bread from the		baker					then committed
	Alphington	shop of comp		St Sidwells					1month in prison

27 Feb	William Hatchwell	theft of a cotton	Mary A Harris	Mary Ann Harris	#27 George Moore	Supt Steel	D	Bench	juvenile case -
	[age 13years]	gown the prop		a servant at					comm to 1month
	Exeter	of complainant		6 Hills Court Terr					in prison & once
									Whipped

27 Feb	Mary Raddon	D/use of obscene	Insp Ellecombe		Insp Ellecombe	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= each or 1week
	Elizabeth Tapp	lang in Sidwell St							in prison
	St Sidwells

27 Feb	Thomas Snellgrove	D/use of obscene	#20 James		#20 James Preston	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine or 1week
	Exeter	lang Fore St Hill	Preston						in prison in default

27 Feb	William Pyne	theft of a shovel	Wm Callaway	William Callaway		Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	committed and
	porter Exeter	property of the		turn-cock					acquitted
		Exeter Water Co

Charge Book for March - April 1850

Brian Randell, 23 Nov 2002

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