GENUKI: Exeter Police 17 Oct 1851

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Charge Book Entries for 17 Oct 1851 - 30 Dec 1851

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Date	Person charged	Charge	Person	Witness	Taken into	Charging	D/B	Magistrate	Remarks

17 Oct	Elizabeth Dunn	D/use of obscene	#27 Geo Moore		#27 George Moore	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	20/= fine plus costs
	prostitute	lang in Fore Street							or 1month in prison
									[3rd offence fined
									10/= plus costs for a
									similar offence on
									Sept 14th]

18 Oct	John Hoar	creating a dist &	#15 J.Hosgood		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Fouraker	D	bench	40/= fine plus costs
	labourer Exeter	use of obscene	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer				or 1month hard
		language in Sidwell							labour [2nd offence]
		St & assault on a Pc

21 Oct	Thomas Perkins	being the worst for	#20 Jas Preston		#20 James Preston	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	itinerant Exeter	liquor creating a							1week in prison
		dist & obstructing
		the footpath in
		Queen Street

22 Oct	Samuel Thomas	begging at the	Edward James	Edward James	#16 Tho Merrifield	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	3months hard labour
	whitesmith	complainants house							[3rd offence twice
		on the [Exe] Island							with a falso petition]

23 Oct	Mary Ann Burke	D/use of obscene	#15 J.Hosgood		#15 John Hosgood	Inspf Fulford	D	Bench	Burke = 5/= fine plus
		language in							costs or 1week in
	Sarah Sanders	Sidwell Street							prison
									Sanders = 1/= fine
									plus costs or 2days
									in prison

23 Oct	Robert Whitehead	with being an					D	Bench	comm to the assizes
	alias Thomas Meylor	escaped convict
		from Van-Deimans
		Land

23 Oct	Jeremiah Donovan	begging in the	Insp Fouraker		Insp Fouraker	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	1week hard labour
		High Street

25 Oct	John Cornelius	attempting to pick	Elizabeth Long	Elizabeth Long	Insp Fulford	Supt Steel	D	Bench	3months hard labour
	pugilist Birmingham	the pocket of comp
		on the Iron Bridge
		North Street

26 Oct	William Saunders	D/use of obscene	#29 Wm Luxton		#29 William Luxton	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	moulder Exeter	lang in Bridge St							1week in prison

26 Oct	Charles Hole	D/D in the High St	Supt Steel		Supt Steel	Supt Steel	D	Bench	to find surety of £20
	St Thomas								& one in £10 for six
									Months

26 Oct	Samuel Heyling	D/use of obscene	#23 Isaac Lake		#23 Isaac Lake	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	labourer	language in	#24 H.Gibbons		#24 Henry Gibbons				each or 14days in
	George Hannaford	Sidwell Street							prison
	labourer Exeter

26 Oct	William Matthews	conducting himself	John Rabjohns		John Rabjohns	Supt Steel	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	Exeter	in a disorderly	NP		Northernhay Park				or 14days in prison
		manner on
		Northernhay &
		assault on comp

27 Oct	Thomas Hammick	warrant for neglect	C.Burridge	Charlotte Burridge	Sgt Ginham	Supt Steel	D	Bench	allowed to be settled
	Torquay	to keep up payment							out of court to be
		under a bastardy							paid on Dec 1st
		order

29 Oct	Mary Barnes	theft of bed sheets	Tho Ebbels	Thomas Ebbels		Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	Heale = comm to
	Thomas Heale	& a satin waistcoat							trial = 3months in
	labourer Exeter	piece from the							prison
		bedroom of comp							Barnes = discharged

29 Oct	Francis Hall	D/D & use of obs	#29 Wm Luxton		#29 William Luxton	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	lumper Exe Quay	language in West St							3days in prison

31 Oct	Harriett Hooper	use of obscene	#17 Geo Guppy		#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	Exeter	language in the							1week in prison
		Cathedral Yard

01 Nov	William Bowden	D/D & use of obs	#12 Tho Ford		#12 Thomas Ford	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	labourer Exeter	lang in Exe Lane							or 14days in prison

01 Nov	Richard Hayman	D/incapable in	#11 William Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
		South Street

03 Nov	Susan Berry	theft from person	#23 Isaac Lake		#23 Isaac lake	Supt Steel	D	Bench	discharged
		of William Pollard							insufficient evidence
		at the Blackamoors
		Head of a purse
		containing 16/6 in
		silver

04 Nov	Charlotte Maddocks	D/D in South Street	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	sent to the
									workhouse

04 Nov	Thomas Scott	assult on the comp	Mary Mellhuish	Mary Mellhuish	#16 Tho Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	20/= fine plus costs
	smith Exeter	& theft from her		at Mr Pinders					or 1month in prison
		person of a bonnet		North Street
		on the highway near
		Summerland Street

06 Nov	Henry Potter	D/incapable &	Insp Fulford		Insp Fulford	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	fish dealer	beating two dogs							or 14days hard
									labour

07 Nov	David Rake	begging in Bedford	Wm Cumming	William Cumming		Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	1week hard labour
	no occupation	Circus
	Nr Yeovil

07 Nov	John Greenslade	embezzlement of	William Norton	William Norton	#29 William Luxton	Supt Steel	D	Bench	discharge no
	baker Exeter	several sums of		baker					prosecutor
		money the property		Mount Radford
		of comp his master

08 Nov	Thomas Smith	begging in Market	#11 William Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	admonished & disch
	Portsmouth	Street

09 Nov	John Howard	theft from comp	G.Torrant esq	G.Torrant esq	Insp Woolcott	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	2weeks in prison -
	[aged 14years]	of a brass pan		surgeon					3days in solitary &
									flogged [2nd offence
									juvenile case]

11 Nov	Maria Adams	theft of a half	Josiah Lee	Josiah Lee	#15 John Hosgood	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	comm to trial =
	prostitute	crown & a silk		drover Heavitree					2months in prison
		handkerchief from
		complainant

11 Nov	Abraham Quaintance	D/D in Catherine St	#19 John Wall		#19 John Wall	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
	shoe maker
	Aylesbeare

11 Nov	John Richards	D/begging on St	#29 Wm Luxton		#29 William Luxton	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	1week hard labour
	miner Penryn	Davids Hill

12 Nov	James Nichols	suspect theft of a	Insp Fulford		Insp Fulford	Supt Steel	D	Bench	remanded to Mon
	Chapman	copper furnace							then discharged
	William Merrifield								No prosecutor

15 Nov	William Thomas	theft of a pair of	Joseph Marks	Joseph Marks	Supt Steel	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	Thomas committed
		plaid trousers &		clothier					to trial on both
		[slats] from comp							charges = 12months
		shop door							in prison acquitted
	Charles Walker	also theft of a piece	Mr. Toms	Mr. Toms					on Mr Toms charge
		of cloth the property		saddler					Walker = disch of
		of the comp		Bampfylde Street					felony but fined 5/=
									or 1week in prison
									for assault on a
									witness

17 Nov	Elizabeth Lodge	in possession of a	#26 Rich Hamley		#26 Richard Hamley	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	discharged
		linen sheet stolen
		from complainant

17 Nov	Emma McKenzie	D/use of obscene	#22 William Bray		#22 William Bray	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= fine paid in one
	prostitute Exeter	lang in the High St							day or 1week in
									prison

17 Nov	Thomas Bale	begging from comp	Thomas Davey	Thomas Davey	#17 George Guppy	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	2days in prison
	accountant Taunton	in Sidwell Street

19 Nov	John Fey	theft of ½lb comfits	Selley	Selley	#15 John Hosgood	Supt Steel	D	Bench	to be taken to the
	tailor Exeter	from the shop of		Holloway Street					workhouse believed
		complainant							to be incapable of
									taking care of him-
									self

21 Nov	Henry Brooker	picking the pocket	John Strong	John Strong		Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	committed to trial
	George Cole	of complainant of		yeoman					2months in prison
		a silk handkerchief		Coombhall Farm					each
		in the Lwr Market		Drewsteignton
				Robert Rendle

22 Nov	James Jackson	theft of an umbrella	Mr. Sandburg	Mr. Sandburg			D	Bench	3months hard labour
	George Westlake	from the shop of		draper					each
		complainant		South Street

22 Nov	Robert Fannick	begging in Sidwell	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	reprimand & disch
	miner	Street							with 1/= from the
	West Auckland								poor box
	Durham

22 Nov	Elizabeth Parsons	D/use of obscene	#12 Tho Ford		#12 Thomas Ford	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	5/= fine
	fish dealer Exeter

22 Nov	William Burrows	D/furiously riding in	#17 Geo Guppy		#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	20/= fine plus costs
	labourer Exeter	St Sidwells so as to							or 2weeks in prison
		endanger the lives
		of passers by

23 Nov	James Leat	use of obscene lang	#24 H.Gibbons		#24 Henry Gibbons	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine or 3days in
	labourer	& creating a dist in							prison
		Summerland St

24 Nov	Richard Edwards	D/D use of obscene	#15 J.Hosgood		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
		lang in South St

25 Nov	Fanny Butt	in possession of	Mr. James	Mr. James	George Timewell	Supt Steel	D	County	discharged
	Starcross	12lbs of lead pipe			Pc Starcross
		believed stolen

26 Nov	William Taylor	D/D use of abusive	Mr. Brunskill	Mr. Brunskill	#17 George Guppy	Supt Steel	D	Bench	ordered to pay costs
	tailor Exeter	language at the		High Street					then discharged
		shop of comp

27 Nov	James Nichols	in possession of a	#12 Tho Ford		#12 Thomas Ford	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	committed to trial
	Chapman	quantity of lead							pleaded Guilty =
		believed stolen							3months in prison

28 Nov	Charles Avery	D/D in the High St	#29 Wm Luxton		#29 William Luxton	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	West Street								or 3days in prison

29 Nov	Sarah Mitcham	suspect theft of a	John Sansbury	John Sansbury	Insp Merrifield	Supt Steel	D	Bench	both comm to trial
	John Arthurs	work-box containing		landlord					7years in prison
		a £5 note 6sovs		Firemans Arms					each
		40/= in silver &
		sundry other articles
		prop of complainant

02 Dec	John Leaman	attempt to defraud	Daniel Hoskins		Daniel Hoskins	Supt Steel	D	Bench	to County for
		the Bristol & Exeter	Insp Police		Insp Police				examination
		Rail Co of the sum			Railway Station
		of 2/= fare Tiverton			Exeter
		to Exeter

02 Dec	John Deeney	in possession of a	Edward Twiggs	Edward Twiggs	Insp Ellicombe	Supt Steel	D	Bench	committed to trial
		looking glass		broker					6months in prison
		believed stolen		Fore Street Hill

03 Dec	John Howard	theft from comp of				Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	3days solitary &
	[under 16years]	of 4s & 4d in							to be flogged
		Preston Street							[3rd offence]

03 Dec	Robert Blatchford	D/D use of obscene	#28 W.Cumming		#28 William Cumming	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
		language on Exe							1week hard labour
		Island & assault on
		a Pc

04 Dec	John Neale	wandering in Fore	#11 William Ash		#11 William Ash	Supt Steel	D	Bench	sent to Corp of the
	carpenter	St & unable or							Poor for relief
		unwilling to give an
		account of himself

07 Dec	Richard Elson	D/D use of obscene	#27 Geo Moore		#27 George Moore	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	James Leat	lang in Sidwell St	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer				each or 2weeks in
									prison

07 Dec	Elizabeth Merley	theft of two shillings	William Hitt	William Hitt	#12 Thomas Ford	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	discharged
	prostitute	& sixpence from		paper maker
		complainant		Bradnich

07 Dec	George Gubb	D/D & fighting &	#25 J.Martyn		#25 John Martyn	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	10/= fine plus costs
	brush maker	use of obscene							or 2weeks in prison
	Exeter	lang in Sidwell St

07 Dec	Caroline Manley	creating a dist &	#11 William Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	2/6 fine plus costs or
	prostitute	use of obscene							3days in prison
		language in King St

07 Dec	John Adams	theft from person of	John Talling	John Talling	#29 William Luxton	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	comm to trial
	James Potter	comp of a cravat &		Eating House	#28 William Cumming				both Acquitted
		red cotton hand-		West Street
		kerchief		George Way
				66 West Street

07 Dec	Patrick Crawley	use of obscene lang	#11 William Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	£5 fine each plus
	Richard Belsher	& attempt to rescue							costs or 1month
		above prisoners							hard labour
		from custody

08 Dec	James Pitts	begging at the door	#10 John Holway		#10 John Holway	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	Broadhembury	of complainant in							1week in prison
		Friars Walk							prisoner has a bad
									Leg

11 Dec	Henry Smyth	D/use of obscene	#28 William		#28 William Cumming	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	labourer Exeter	lang in West St	Cumming						3days in prison

11 Dec	John Brown	d/incapable in	#14 John Steer		#14 John Steer	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
	labourer Gloucester	James Place

13 Dec	John Holman	warrant for refusing	John Sparkes	John Sparkes	Sgt Lascelles	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	2weeks hard labour
	labourer Exeter	to maintain his wife		Beadle
				Corp of the Poor

14 Dec	John Harding	attempted theft of a	W.B.Tolley	W.B.Tolley		Insp Fulford	D	Bench	sent to prison to be
	[under 16years of age]	quantity of tobacco		barber					whipped & then
		from the shop of		Catherine St					discharged
		complainant

15 Dec	Thomas Hammick	warrant for neglect	James Pratt		James Pratt	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	the amount of back
		of payments under	Pc Torquay		Pc Torquay				pay & costs paid
		a bastardy order

15 Dec	William Blackmore	D/incapable in	#26 Rich Hamley		#26 Richard Hamley	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
	labourer Broadclyst	Martin Street

16 Dec	Mary Holcombe	theft of a black cloth	Susannah Smith	Susannah Smith		Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	comm to trial and
	single woman Exeter	shawl the property		Henry Helmore					pleaded Guilty =
		of complainant							6weeks in prison

16 Dec	Jeremiah McCarthy	D/D use of obscene	#21 G.Denning		#21 Giles Denning	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	discharged
	itinerant Exeter	language in Fore St

18 Dec	Richard Coombes	theft of 3plants in	Charles Sclater	Charles Sclater		Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	£5 fine plus value of
	labourer Exeter	pots the property							plants or 3months in
		of complainant							prison by default

18 Dec	John Mooney	D/exposing his	#10 Jas Holway		#10 James Holway	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	1month in prison
	Dublin	person in South St
	[late 86th Regt]

19 Dec	William Clapp	theft from the stall	Richard Thomas	Richard Thomas	#27 George Moore	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	comm 1month in
	[under 16years]	of complainant in							prison [juvenile
		the Higher Market							offenders Act]
		a Goose

19 Dec	Charles Hole	D/D in Bedford St	Supt Steel		#26 Richard Hamley	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	£5 fine plus costs or
									14days in prison

19 Dec	Robert Lugg	D/incapable on the	John Bezley	John Bezley		Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
	labourer Sandford	Cowley Bridge Rd		labourer
				Waterbeer Street

21 Dec	Georgianna Warren	D/use of obscene	#11 William Ash		#11 William Ash	Insp Fulford	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	fish dealer Exeter	lang & annonying							1week in prison
		neighbourhood of							[paid]
		York Street

21 Dec	Charles Walkemp	sleeping in a cart	#15 J.Hosgood		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	Gillard = disch with
		in Commercial Rd							admonishment
	Emmanuel Gillard	Walkemp with theft							Walkemp = detained
		from a person							on charge of picking
									pockets & comm to
									trial = 10years

24 Dec	Mary A Dyke	D/lying down in	#12 Tho Ford		#12 Thomas Ford	Insp Wolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
		Holloway Street

24 Dec	Charles Robinson	theft from the shop	Insp Fulford		Insp Fulford	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	2days hard labour
	[under 16years of age]	of complainant in							[first offence]
		Goldsmith St of a
		Goose

25 Dec	Caroline McCarthy	violent assault on	Eliz Cornelius	Elizabeth Cornelius		Insp Fulford	D	Bench	remanded to Tues
		comp in Lowtons		Henry Rogers					then discharged
		Beer Shop & biting		2 Okehampton St
		off his ear		Thomas Letton
				at Lowtons

26 Dec	James Jarvis	D/D use of obscene	#15 J.Hosgood		#15 John Hosgood	Insp Woolcott	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	shoemaker	language in West St	#29 Wm Luxton		#29 William Luxton				2days in prison
	West Street

26 Dec	William Johnson	in possession of an	Insp Ellicombe		Insp Ellicombe	Supt Steel	D	Bench	rem to Thurs then
	Robert Johnson	overcoat believed							discharged
	labourers Wiltshire	stolen

26 Dec	James Heard	D/wilfully breaking	Mrs Champion	Mrs Champion	Insp Fouraker	Supt Steel	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs or
	fish seller Topsham	a pane of glass at		South Street					2days in prison
		the shop of comp
		and with violent
		assault on her

26 Dec	William Williams	D/use of obscene	J.S.Higgs	J.S.Higgs	#10 John Holway	Insp Fouraker	D	Bench	5/= fine plus costs
	shoe maker Exeter	lang in Southernhay

28 Dec	William Webber	with repeatedly	John Shears	John Shears	#10 John Holway	Insp Ellicombe	D	Bench	remand for enquiries
	coach lace weaver	ringing & knocking		Beadle					respecting clothes
		at the door of comp		Corp of the Poor					belonging to Corp of
		& use of improper							the Poor - then
		lang in Spiller Street							comm for 3months
									in prison

30 Dec	Henry Brown	D/and incapable				Insp Fulford	D	Bench	after being locked up
									he appeared very ill
									Dr. Warren sent for
									Brown removed to
									the workhouse and
									since died

Charge Book for 1 Jan 1852 - 29 Apr 1852

Brian Randell, 20 Jan 2003

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