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Charge Book Entries for May - June 1850

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Brian Brassett - Brian.Brassett[at]btinternet[dot]com

Date	Person charged	Charge	Person	Witness	Taken into	Charging	D/B	Magistrate	Remarks
			Charging		Custody by	Officer
01 May	William Fulford	fighting &	#26 Stephen		#26 Stephen Crocker	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	10/= fine or 1week
	no occupation	creating a dist	Crocker						in prison
	Exeter	in the Barnfield
03 May	Mary Ann Williams	begging at St	#26 Stephen		#26 Stephen Crocker	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	committed
	alias Louisa Jenkins	James Terrace	Crocker						14days in prison
	Abergavenny
03 May	Samuel Tremlett	theft of a silk	Tho Chudleigh	William Partridge	#11 William Ash	Supt Steel	D	Bench	comm to sessions
		h'kerchief from	slate dealer	farmer					6months [see 5th
		person of comp	Cullompton	Clyst St Lawrence					March 6weeks]
		in the Corn							Contents pockets
		Market							delivered up to
									William Gulley
									City Prison
03 May	William Thomas	violent assault on	Wm Carpenter	William Carpenter	Insp Ellecombe	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	complaint
	fish dealer	complainant &		Queens Head Inn					dismissed
	Exeter	theft of a whip		West Quarter
04 May	George Wilkins	singing in Paris St	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	£5 fine or 1month
	rope maker	& violent assault	Merrifield						hard labour
	Bristol	on a Pc
04 May	Joseph Crawley	D/incapable in	#15 John		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	2/= fine or 1week
	itinerant hawker	the High Street	Hosgood						in prison
04 May	Elizabeth Derby	theft of a pair of	Joseph Lee	Joseph Lee	Insp Stuckes	Supt Steel	D	Bench	[not given]
	single woman	combs property		ostler
	Exeter	of complainant		Pancras Lane
04 May	Thomas Harris	fighting & creating	#18 James		#18 James Whitburn	Supt Steel	D	Bench	2/6 fine each
	Thomas Coles	a disturbance on	Whitburn		#17 George Guppy
		The Quay
05 May	William Reid	D/D & use of obs	#15 John		#15 John Hosgood	Supt Steel	D	Bench	2/6 fine or 1week
	labourer Exeter	lang in Lwr North	Hosgood						in prison
		Street
05 May	Patrick Kelley	violent assault on	John Hayes	John Hayes	Insp Stuckes	Supt Steel	D	Bench	case dismissed
	labourer Cork	complainant		Stones Court
06 May	John Atkins	wilful bk'ing open	Thomas Atkins	Thomas Atkins	#26 Stephen Crocker	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	10/= plus costs &
	plasterer	a door in Summer-		plasterer					2/= for damage to
	St Sidwells	land St & threat-		St Sidwells					door or 2weeks
		ening to take the							hard labour
		life of complainant							Father & 3sons
									equally as bad
06 May	Dennis Bourke	begging in	#27 George		#27 George Moore	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	committed
	labourer Ireland	Fore Street	Moore						7days in prison
09 May	Charles Cotterill	in possessions of	Insp Stuckes		Insp Stuckes	Supt Steel	D	Bench	discharged & fork
	mariner Taunton	a silver fork & not							detained
	John Prescott	giving a satis-
	Itinerant hawker	factory account
	Plymouth
09 May	John Hooper	warrant for theft	Fulford esq	Fulford esq	Sgt Howard	Supt Steel	D	Bench	dismissed
		of a grey mare		solicitor
		property of the
		complainant
11 May	Charlotte Clark	theft of 19/= in	John Connett	John Connett	#28 George Stark	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	committed
	alias Charlotte	silver from		painter					6months in prison
	Williams	complainant
13 May	Sarah Maunder	theft of a woollen	Mary Parker	Mary Parker	#13 James Budd	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed
	Broadclyst	shawl property of		spirit merchant					14days in prison
		complainant		The Friars
15 May	Ann Brown	D/begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1week in prison
	& 2children	South St & very	Guppy
		violent when in
		custody
16 May	John Norrish	theft of a bottle	Wm Blackmore		William Blackmore	Supt Steel	D	Bench	dismissed for want
	porter	of wine property			Supt B & E				of evidence
	B & E Rail	of the B & E			Rail Police
		railway company
16 May	John Norrish	also with theft of	Wm Blackmore		William Blackmore	Supt Steel	D	Bench	dismissed for want
	porter	a number of			Supt B & E				of evidence
	B & E Rail	printed forms the			Rail Police
		property of the
		B & E railway
		Company
16 May	Thomas Thraves	theft of a quantity	Wm Blackmore		William Blackmore	Supt Steel	D	Bench	dismissed for want
	porter	memo pads prop			Supt B & E				of evidence
	B & E Rail	of B & E company			Rail Police
		also with theft of
		a book
18 May	Henry Brown	begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	1week hard labour
	shoe maker	St Sidwells	Guppy						incorrigable
	Exeter								vagabond
19 May	Thomas Gover	D/use of obscene	#27 George		#27 George Moore	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= plus costs or
	labourer Exeter	lang Sidwell St	Moore						1week in prison
19 May	Francis Down	D/incapable in	Henry Allen		Henry Allen	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	admon & disch on
	mason Exeter	Paul Street	supp-num Pc		supp-num Pc				account of former
									good character
19 May	Matthew Crawley	begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	1week in prison
	Ireland	Mint Street	Guppy						but allowed 1hour
									to leave the city
20 May	Elizabeth Johnson	begging on	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	14days hard
	Bristol	St Davids Hill	Guppy						labour
21 May	Robert Vaughan	suspect theft			Insp Fulford	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed 6weeks
	labourer Exeter	from person of							in prison
		comp a silk
		handkerchief
23 May	Louisa Mitchell	D/use of obscene	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	10/= plus costs or
	prostitute	language in the	Guppy						14days in prison
	Truro	High Street
24 May	Stephen Staddon	D/use of obscene	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	1/= plus costs or
	poulterer	language in							3days in prison
	Exeter	Pancras Street
24 May	Jerry Murphy	begging in the	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= plus costs if
	stone mason	High Street							found in the city
	Cork								in 3hours very old
25 May	Robert Evans	begging in	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1month in prison
	labourer	South Street
	Portsmouth
26 May	John Southard	D/use of obscene	#18 James		#18 James Whitburn	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	2/6 fine plus costs
	engraver	language in Silver
	St Sidwells	St also wantonly
		cruelly ill-treating
		a cat
28 May	William Matthews	begging in	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	1week hard labour
	labourer	Sidwells Street
	Monmouthshire
28 May	Joseph Collins	begging and	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Supt Steel	D	Bench	14days hard
	mariner	exposing a							labour
	Bermondsey	crippled arm in
		Goldsmith Street
		also being the
		worse for liquor
30 May	Jeremiah Crawley	in possession of	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	discharged & hair
		a qty of horse hair	Guppy						given up found
		believed stolen							correct
30 May	Samuel Godbeer	in possession of	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	remanded to
	labourer Exeter	8sheep skins	Merrifield						Monday
		believed stolen
31 May	James Connelly	begging in	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Instp Stuckes	D	Bench	1week in prison
	no occupation	South Street
	Ireland
31 May	Mary Gay	disturbing inmates	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	1/= and to pay for
	prostitute	by knocking on	Guppy						window 1/=
	Exeter	the windows of Mr
		Guy Glover in the
		High Street
01 Jun	James Lee	D/incapable on	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	admonished and
	carman	North Street							discharged
	St Thomas	Bridge
02 Jun	William Seldon	theft of an iron	James Turpin	James Turpin	#10 John Holway	Supt Steel	D	County	committed
	labourer	hook & a ripping		at Mr Wootens					1month in prison
	Upton Pyne	chisel the prop		Guinea Street
		of complainant
04 Jun	William Slyman	indecent exposing	D.Hoskins	John Sowden	D.Hoskins	Supt Steel	D	County	delivered up to his
		his person in a	Insp of Police	paper stainer	Insp of Police				friends he being
		carriage on the		at Mr Kingdons					considered in an
		Sth Devon line							insane state of
		with intent to							mind
		insult 3females
04 Jun	Anthony Smith	D/use of obscene	J.Morgan	J.Morgan	Insp Fulford	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	40/= fine or
	shoe maker	language in Fore							1month in prison
	Exeter	St & assaulting
		the complainant
		in a public street
04 Jun	Thomas Jarman	D/incapable in	Thomas Ford		Thomas Ford	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	discharged
	labourer	Preston Street
06 Jun	William Shepherd	begging in	#27 George		#27 George	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	[not given]
	labourer	Palace Street	Moore
	Wiltshire
06 Jun	Reuben Robert	D/violent assault	Robert Spark	Robert Spark	#10 James Holway	Supt Steel	D	Bench	40/= or 2weeks
	Spark	on complainant		poulterer					in prison
	butcher Exeter			Martin Street
08 Jun	Henry Bulgar	begging with	Rev John	Rev John Ingle	#27 George Moore	Supt Steel	D	Bench	14days hard
	draper	petition from	Ingle						labour
	Bristol	complainant
08 Jun	Samuel Fowler	suspect theft from	Thomas	Thomas James	Insp Fulford	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed to
	brass founder	person of comp	Robertson	Robertson					7years in prison
	Bristol	a bag containing	at Mr Pyes	James Taylor
		8half sovereigns	tobacconist	Edwin Shooter
		& £4 in silver		Edward Cockram
				George Pope
				George Strong
				John Clynick
10 Jun	Mary Wellington	D/use of obscene	John Martyn		John Martyn	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	40/= plus costs or
	prostitute	lang in North St							6weeks in prison
	Exeter								[incorrigable]
13 Jun	James Sydenham	warrant for	John Sparkes		Sgt Lascelles	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	committed to
		allowing wife &	Beadle						1month in prison
		family to become
		chargeable to the
		parish
14 Jun	William Pridham	D/use of obscene	#23 James		#23 James Budd	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	2/6 fine or
	plasterer	language in	Budd						1week in prison
	Exwick	Blackboy Road
15 Jun	Robert Williams	begging house to	#27 George		#27 George Moore	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1month in prison
	& 3children	house Green	Moore						or 1hour to leave
	Birmingham	Brook Street							the city
		St Sidwells
15 Jun	Sarah Hurley	D/use of indecent	#26 Stephen		#26 Stephen Crocker	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	committed to
	Mary A Phillips	& obscene lang	Crocker						2weeks each in
	prostitutes Exeter	in Fore Street							prison
17 Jun	John Stocker	theft of a white-	John Frost	John Frost	Insp Merrifield	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	committed and
	St Sidwells	wash brush the		plasterer					acquitted
		property of comp		New Town
				St Sidwells
17 Jun	Ann Dunn	theft of 2pillows	Mary Hooke	Mary Hooke	#26 Stephen Crocker	Supt Steel	D	Bench	comm to sessions
	widow Exeter	2sheets & quilt		w/o George Hooke					2months in prison
		2pillow cases prop		Mary Arches St
		of complainant
17 Jun	Ellen Welsh	D/causing an	Insp Fulford		Insp Fulford	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	1month to
	Stonehouse	obstruction in							hard labour
		the High Street
17 Jun	James Irwan	begging in	#28 George		#28 George Starke	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	14days to
	no occupation	Paul Street	Stark						hard labour
	Liverpool
19 Jun	Ann Smith	begging and	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1week each but
	Thomas Smith	singing in	Guppy						allowed to leave
	Staffordshire	Melbourne St							city in 1hour
20 Jun	James Rumbold	begging in	#13 Jas Budd		#13 James Budd	Supt Steel	D	Bench	1week in prison
	mariner	South Street
	Hampshire
20 Jun	William Mayes	D/D & use of	#28 George		#28 George Starke	Supt Steel	D	Bench	20/= plus costs or
	last maker	obs language	Starke						14days in prison
	Exeter	in Preston St							[2nd offence]
21 Jun	John Jones	begging in	#18 James		#18 James Whitburn	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1week in prison
	seaman	Belmont Place	Whitburn
	Wales	St Sidwells
21 Jun	Andrew Kirk	D/begging in the	Dr Shapter	Dr Shapter	#17 George Guppy	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	committed
	labourer	Barnfield							1month in prison
	Ireland
21 Jun	Samuel Benmore	warrant for violent	Jane Fewings	Jane Fewings	Sgt Lascelles	Supt Steel	D	Bench	£5 fine or 2months
	labourer Exeter	assault on comp		single woman					in prison
		on 25 April last		West Street
22 Jun	Ann Kemp	begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	3weeks in prison
	Exeter	James Road	Guppy						a very old
									imposter
22 Jun	David Lamb	fighting & creating	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	Lamb = 5/= fine or
	cutler Exeter	a disturbance in	Merrifield						1week in prison
	Thomas Connor	the West Quarter							Connor = 2/6 fine
	cutler								or 3days in prison
23 Jun	James Melhuish	fighting in the	#22 Wm Bray		#22 William Bray	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	discharged
	baker	High Street
	St Sidwells
23 Jun	John Hutchings	D/D & use of	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	5/= fine or 1week
	carpenter	obs language							in prison
	London	Magdalene St
23 Jun	Margaret Holmer	theft of a purse	William Cain	William Cain	Insp Merrifield	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	remanded then
		cont 10/= in silver		labourer					discharged no
		property of comp		Mary Arches St					prosecutor
23 Jun	Richard Conolly	begging in	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	admonished and
	labourer	the Quay Lane	Guppy						discharged
	Ireland
23 Jun	John Holloway	D/D & use of	#16 Thomas		#16 Tho Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	10/= fine or
	labourer	obs language	Merrifield						2weeks in prison
	Exeter	Stepcote Hill
24 Jun	Samuel Pearce	D/D in Belmont	#18 James		#18 James Whitburn	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	40/= or 1month
	labourer	Place & assault	Whitburn						hard labour
	Exeter	on a Pc
25 Jun	Robert Bodley	D/use of obscene	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1/= plus costs
		lang on the Quay
25 Jun	James Pitts	deserting his wife	Insp Ellecombe		Insp Ellecombe	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	detained
	labourer	at Broadhembury
	Broadhembury	Mr Dommett holds
		a warrant for his
		apprehension
26 Jun	Sarah Mortimer	D/use of obscene	#11 Wm Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Stuckes	D	Bench	5/= fine or 1week
	prostitute	language on							in prison by
	Rockbeare	Fore Street Hill							default [imprison]
26 Jun	John Donovan	begging in	#13 Jas Budd		#13 James Budd	Insp Merrifield	D	Bench	1week in prison if
	Ireland	Magdalene St							found in the town
									within 1hour
27 Jun	Edward pearce	uttering a counter-	Mary Ann	Mary Ann	#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	remanded 1st Jul
	wire worker	feit half crown at	Southcott	Southcott					then disch for
	Winchester	the Bull Inn on the		barmaid					want of evidence
		25th inst
28 Jun	John Provist	begging in	#13 Jas Budd		#13 James Budd	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	1week in prison if
	sailor	Bear Street							in city within 1hour
28 Jun	John Henton	D/D & breaking	John Pain	John Pain	John Martin	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	5/= fine or 1week
	rag gatherer	glass at the Three							in prison
		Cranes Inn South
		Street & assault
		on a Pc
29 Jun	Thomas Evans	begging in the	#17 George		#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	3months if found
	labourer	Public Streets	Guppy						within the city
	Portsmouth								after 1hour
29 Jun	George Hanford	theft from a book	Wm Silvester	William Silvester	#25 John Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	comm to sessions
	bricklayer	stall in the Lower		book seller					1month in prison
	Exeter	market 4books the		Stepcote Hill
		property of comp
29 Jun	George Hanford	theft of 2books	Edwin John	Edwin John	#25 John Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	comm 2nd offence
	bricklayer	from a stall in the	Babbage	Babbage					acquitted - no
	Exeter	Lower Market		book seller					evidence offered
		property of comp		South Street
29 Jun	Henry Webber	theft from person	Mary Broad	Maria Mudge	#11 William Ash	Supt Steel	D	Bench	dismissed for want
		of comp 3/= in	Stepcote Hill	brush maker					sufficient evidence
		silver & 4d in		at Mr. Pym
29 Jun	Mary Ann Williams	D/use of obscene	#21 William		#21 William Dalgleish	Insp Ellecombe	D	Bench	20/= plus costs or
	alias Hunt	lang in Fore St	Dalgleish						21days hard
									labour
30 Jun	Thomas Scott	D/fighting in	#23 Isaac		#23 Isaac Lake	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1/= each plus
	smith Exeter	Summerland St	Lake		#26 Stephen Crocker				costs or 3days
	Frederick Fenwick								in prison
	Exeter
30 Jun	William Webber	D/lying across the	John Martyn		John Martyn	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	2/6 plus costs or
	labourer	pavement in South							1week in prison
	Exeter	St & insulting
		females as they
		passed
30 Jun	John Williams	begging near the	#13 Jas Budd		#13 James Budd	Supt Steel	D	Bench	dismissed on
	London	Friars Walk							condition of
									leaving Exeter
									in 1hour or 1week
									in prison

Charge Book for July - August 1850

Brian Randell, 23 Nov 2002