Smuggling tobacco at Weymouth

WEYMOUTH. COPIES OF THE "BRIDPORT NEWS" may be obtained in Weymouth of Mr. Burt, St. Mary Street, and Mr. Wood. SMUGGLING TOBACCO. - Frederick Bertie Williams, aged 13, of Weymouth, and Mrs. Williams, landlady of the Yacht Inn, Weymouth, were on Monday charged by the Chief Officer of Customs, the former with carrying in-Customed goods, …

Rent due at Fovant

SALISBURY COUNTY COURT. - This court was held on Friday, before Mr. T. E. P. Lefroy, judge. Nearly 200 cases had been entered, but only a very few of them - and they were unimportant - came before his Honour. [...] Wright v. Jarvis. - This was an action in which the plaintiff, James Wright, …

Stealing wood at Fovant, 1852

Context Note: Son of David and Hannah (Goodfellow) Jarvis of Fovant. First-cousin of Sarah (Whatley) Butt of Bruton, Somerset. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. David Jarvis, 58, was charged with stealing three pieces of wood at Fovant, the property of George Lever. Police constable Wheeler, stationed at Fovant, proved that he was on duty about a quarter …

A Londoner on his holiday tour

WINCANTON. A LONDONER ON HIS HOLIDAY TOUR. - At the Town Hall, on Wednesday, before Messrs. Rogers, Barton, and Bailward, Matthew Cannon, a Londoner, home for his holiday, was charged with being drunk. - Mr. Edwin Crouch said that on Monday, between 11 and 12 p.m., he was passing the mill pond when he saw …

A notorious character

WINCANTON. POLICE. - Before John Bailward and F. G. Dalton, Esqs. - Luke Cannon, a notorious character, of Wincanton, was brought up in the custody of Sergt. Green, charged with being drunk, and resisting the Sergeant in the execution of his duty, at Wincanton, on the night of the 5th of November. Fined £1, or …

Refractory pauper at Wincanton

WINCANTON. COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. MONDAY. - Before Mr. T. E. Rogers (chairman), Messrs. D. F. Grant-Dalton, T. H. M. Bailward, H. Hobhouse, and J. Bradney. REFRACTORY PAUPER. - Luke Cannon was brought up in custody, charged with misbehaviour at the Wincanton Union on the previous Thursday. - Mr. Barnes, the master, stated that on Thursday …

Breaking a window

WINCANTON. PETTY SESSIONS, Monday. - [...] Luke Cannon, of Wincanton, a ticket-of-leave man, was charged with being drunk and breaking a window, the property of Sarah Shorley. The parties had been living together as man and wife and the banns for their marriage were put up, but the fair one altered her mind and on …

Catching a rabbit on his master’s land

REDDITCH PETTY SESSIONS. Wednesday. - Magistrates present. - Messrs. E. W. Heywood and W. H. S. Kynnersley. ANOTHER GROUND GAME LAW ABSURDITY. - Richard Tomlinson, labourer, was charged with using a snare on land in the occupation of John Poole, in the parish of Beoley, on the 13th instant. - Defendant pleaded guilty, but said …

Wrong ticket for the wrong class

Context Note: Mary (Bennett) Dadd, wife of Richard Dadd here, was first-cousin of Nicholas Hall (1811-1899) of Bridford. EXETER POLICE. FRIDAY. - Before H. Hooper and J. Sheppard, Esqrs. RAILWAY TRAVELLING. - Mr John Rew, farmer, and Sarah his wife, Mr Richard Dadd, his wife, and William his son, and Mr F. Helmore, auctioneer, all …

Assaulting his mother-in-law

Context Note: First-cousin of Thomas Courtney (1811-1883) of Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset. Cheltenham Police. MONDAY. - Before T. Pilkington, C. L. Harford, W. N. Skillicorne, and C. J. Barnett, Esqrs., and Lieut.-Col. Newman. Moses Barnes, apprehended under a magistrates' warrant, charged with assaulting his mother-in-law, Ann Dix, was fined 5s. and 12s. expenses. In default, …

Drunk at Quidhampton

Context Note: She was also probably still married to, but separated from, her husband Henry Whatley (1815-). COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS, THIS DAY. Before Earl Radnor, Mr. C. Penruddocke, Mr. M. H. Marsh Mr. E. Hinxman, Mr. W. E. Matcham, Rev. E. Duke, Mr. J. Goff, jun., Mr. G. M. Fort, Mr. H. J. F. Swayne, …

Shooting a fallow deer – March 1821

CITY and COUNTY INTELLIGENCE. Commitments to our County Gaol. - On Wednesday Philip Buckingham was committed, charged with unlawfully shooting at, with intent to kill, a fallow deer, in Pigsty Coppice, in the Forest of Wychwood. (Oxford University & City Herald, 17th March 1821)

Entrapping hares at Hailey, Witney – June 1844

WITNEY. At our petty sessions before Leonard Pickering and F. Whittaker, Esqs. Philip Buckingham, of Hailey, was fined 1l. 5s. 6d. including costs, for laying snares to entrap hares on the farm of Mr. William Collier, of Hailey. (Oxford City & County Chronicle, 29th June 1844)

Stealing conies at Hailey, Witney – June 1842

WITNEY. At our Petty Sessions, on Thursday, before Leonard Pickering, and Frederick Whitaker, Esqs. Philip Buckingham, of Hailey, was fined 20s. including costs, for taking Conies, the property of Mr. C. Long. (Oxford City & County Chronicle, 11th June 1842)

Drunk and incapable in Newport Pagnell

NEWPORT PAGNELL PETTY SESSIONS. Wednesday, November 25th, 1905. Before W. J. Levi, Esq. (in the chair), J. M. Knapp, Esq., Dr. Boswell, and A. W. Hipwell, Esq. [...] Edwin Thomas Hackett pleaded guilty to being drunk and incapable at Newport Pagnell, on November 18th. Police-constable Cleary stated that he found defendant incapable on the Iron …

Failing to send son to school, 1934

TIPTON POLICE COURT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28th. Before Mr. J. Webb (chairman) and Mr. A. Matty. SCHOOL ABSENTEES. [...] James Hodgetts, 2 house, 4 court, Dudley Port; and John Richards, 155, Bloomfield Road, all of Tipton, were summoned for failing to send their children to school. Mr. Thomas Colley (Attendance Officer) said that [...] Hodgett's son, …

David Bandinel to Secretary Calvert, 1621/2 – a benefice for a Spaniard

From: David Bandinel, Dean of Jersey To: Secretary Calvert Date: 17th January 1621/2 [Original in French:] Monseigneur, J'ay prins encor la hardiesse de vous importuner par la presente prenant occasion par ce porteur lequel est recomandé par Mr le Gouverneur a Monseig[neu]r l’Evesque de Winchester pour estre admis en un benefice en ceste Isle. Le …

Selected entries from list of Constables of St Martin, Jersey

Context Note: The 'parish constable' in Jersey occupies the role as 'head of parish', i.e. the senior ranking civil official for that parish. [Translated out of French:] 1652-1655. Parliamentary Era.Thomas Bandinel. Appears to have been a younger son of Dean David Bandinel. Regarding Thomas Bandinel we cite the following act of court, according to which …

Extract from “Charles the Second in Jersey”

On the 18th of April three royal commissioners and a secretary, instruments of George Carteret's implacability, came to Jersey direct from Paris; not, as had been expected, from Oxford where the court then was. This fact, added to the circumstance that three out of the four were papists, and none of them the persons originally …

Farmers at law, 1929

FARMERS AT LAW INJUNCTION REFUSED IN MORETONHAMPSTEAD CASE "It is not a case in which an injunction should be granted," remarked Judge Higgins at Newton Abbot County Court yesterday, when he awarded to Edwin Bowden, a farmer, of Moretonhampstead, damages amounting to £2 10s. on a claim for £5 and an injunction against Mark Loram, …

Accused of negligent driving, 1921

QUESTION OF CONTROL Action for Damages at Newton County Court His Honour Judge Terrell, K.C., at Newton County Court on Thursday was occupied for some time with a claim for £7 10s damages caused by negligent driving, brought by Edwin Bowden, of Combe Farm, North Bovey, against Mark Loram, North Bovey. Mr. Cornish Bowden was …

Keeping his son from school, 1937

TO ATTEND THE LAMBS Why Moreton Farmer Kept Son From School When Mark Loram, of Hele Farm, North Bovey, was summoned at Moretonhampstead yesterday for keeping his son Norman from school, contrary to the Devon Education by-laws and for employing him contrary to the Devon County employment by-laws, he said that when his son reached …

Driving without lights, 1925

NO LIGHTS. NORTH BOVEY MOONSHINE. Mark Loram and William Browning, master and man, of North Bovey, were fined 5s. each, at Moretonhampstead Petty Sessions, yesterday, for driving waggons without lights near the village. Loram said the lights went out and he did not trouble to light them again. Had he known the constable was coming …

Stealing part of a fence

Ben Jones, aged 63, a labourer, of 13, Council Houses, Alvechurch, was fined 10s. at Redditch to-day for stealing part of a wooden fence (value 3s.) belonging to Fred Newbold, of Mill Farm, Alvechurch. (Evening Despatch, 18th March 1931)

Poaching at Christow, 1872

Context Note: John Hall was uncle of Henry Loram (1878-1954). CASTLE OF EXETER. FRIDAY. - Before the Rev. J. Buckingham (Chairman), W. Barnes, Esq., C. Tucker, Esq., and Sir John Bowring, Knt. [...] John Hall and Henry Adams were summoned for being on lands belonging to Lord Exmouth, and in the occupation of Mr. Bradshaw, …