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1 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: James Giddins the younger 21, gardener, Able to read and write imperfectly; Rape of Eliza Fordham, Hemingford Grey. Acquitted
2 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: George Smith 24, labourer, Able to read; Wounding William Smith at Stibbington. H.L. one year
3 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: Edward Stevens 40, thatcher, Able to read and write imperfectly; Setting fire to house, barns etc. of Edward Stevens...... whereby premises of John Mitchell were destroyed - at Ramsey. 14 years' transportation
4 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: Elizabeth Stevens 34, spinster, Able to read and write imperfectly; Setting fire to house, barns etc. of Edward Stevens...... whereby premises of John Mitchell were destroyed - at Ramsey. 14 years' transportation
5 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: William How 25, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Rape of Mary Ann Hammond, at Warboys and Wistow (March 1854). Transportation for life
6 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: James Scotney 25, butcher, Able to read and write imperfectly; Wounding Henry Bowland and William Asbridge, at Sawtry All Saints. 1 years' hard labour
7 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: William Hodson 35, cordwainer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Robbing, with violence, John Squires, at Woodwalton, of £28.6.0 in gold. 2 years' hard labour
8 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: George Squire 47, merchant, Superior education; Stealing 12,500 cu.feet of gas, property of St. Neots gas and coke Co. Acquitted
9 - Assizes Calendar before the Chief Justice: Ann Webb 40, wife of Thomas, Able to read; Obtaining by false pretences 2 pairs of blankets, value 40/-, property of John Davies and William Simpson. To find two sureties of £50 for appearance at next Assizes.
10 - July Assizes before Mr. Justice Coleridge: Ann Webb 40, wife of Thomas, Able to read; Transmitted from last Assizes. Recognizances estimated.
11 - July Assizes before Mr. Justice Coleridge: Philip Gray 33, shepherd, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing 20 lbs. of wool value 10/-, property of John Patrick Worman, his master, at Yaxley. 3 months' hard labour
12 - July Assizes before Mr. Justice Coleridge: William Green 20, wheelwright, Able to read and write imperfectly; Ravishing Ann King, aged 8, at Yaxley. 2 years' H.L.
13 - July Assizes before Mr. Justice Coleridge: Matthew Skiller 28, labourer, Able to read; Carnally knowing an ass at Farcet. Found guilty of beastiality. Judgment of death recorded
14 - Easter Quarter Sessions: James Day 34, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing shirts, property of Sarah Smith, and stockings property of Charles Fordham, at Hemingford Abbotts. 6 months' H.L. (previous convictions)
15 - Easter Quarter Sessions: Robert Croft 60, labourer, Able to read; Stealing 2 bushels of wheat, property of William Papworth, at Ramsey. No bill
16 - Easter Quarter Sessions: Henry Whitwell 22, labourer, Able to neither read nor write; Stealing 2 bushels of wheat, property of William Papworth, at Ramsey. No bill
17 - Easter Quarter Sessions: Elizabeth Jones 27, spinster, Able to neither read nor write; Stealing a ham (8/-) from William Clarke at Huntingdon. No bill
18 - Easter Quarter Sessions: William Kingston 60, brickmaker, Able to read and write imperfectly; Wounding Thomas Marriott at Haddon. Acquitted
19 - Easter Quarter Sessions: Thomas Barker [ ], labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing 2 lambs (10/-) property of John Page, at Hail Weston. 15 years' transportation (previous convictions including one year's H.L. for stealing an ewe)
20 - June Quarter Sessions: Thomas Fryer 19, cheese hawker, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing silver watch from Charles Wilson, St. Ives. 4 months' H.L.
21 - June Quarter Sessions: Joseph Smith 41, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing one coat and one frock, property of George Gaunt, house-keeper, Abbotts Ripton. (Previous convictions for house stealing 1 year's H.L.
22 - June Quarter Sessions: William Burton 22, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Assaulting Thomas Cope, a constable..... at Buckden. 3 months' H.L.
23 - June Quarter Sessions: William Hope 18, chimney sweeper, Able to neither read nor write; Embezzling 3/- belonging to his master, William White, Huntingdon. 4 months' H.L.
24 - Michaelmas Sessions: Thomas Holmes 19, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing bread meat, bread and butter and cake, value 2d, property of Thomas Price at Chesterton. 3 months' H.L.
25 - Michaelmas Sessions: William Johnson 19, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing bread meat, bread and butter and cake, value 2d, property of Thomas Price at Chesterton. 3 months' H.L.
26 - Michaelmas Sessions: Osborn Furnell 29, labourer, Able to neither read nor write; Stealing a cap, property of George Greenwood at Ramsey. Acquitted
27 - Michaelmas Sessions: George Loomes 23, labourer, Able to read; Stealing 6 silver teaspoons value 30/- property of Rev. Charles Hippuff Bingham at Ramsey. 6 months' H.L. (previous convictions)
28 - Michaelmas Sessions: Thomas Eady 21, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing (with James Robinett) 11 live tame fowls, 14/-, property of Thomas Pindard at Yaxley. Acquitted
29 - Michaelmas Sessions: Edward Crewe 54, cooper, Able to read and write imperfectly; Imprisoning Martha Crewe, assaulting her, preventing her from obtaining sufficient food and rainmant with intent to murder her. Remanded until next Assizes
30 - Michaelmas Sessions: Eliza Crewe 21, spinster Able to read Rebecca Crewe 23, spinster, Able to read; Aiding and abetting Edward Crewe. Remanded until next Assizes
31 - Michaelmas Sessions: Charles James 30, coin dealer, Able to read and write well; Stealing 25 bushels of beans and peas, £7, property of his master James Wilkinson, at St. Neots. Acquitted
32 - Michaelmas Sessions: Henry Townsend 45, waiter, Able to read and write well; Stealing one table cloth and one towel, property of William Skeels, at Somersham. 1 year's H.L.
33 - Michaelmas Sessions: William Foster 26, labourer, Able to read; Stealing one beer cask and 16 gallons of beer, property of George Setchell at Upwood. 6 weeks' H.L.
34 - Michaelmas Sessions: John Kennell 27, labourer, Able to read and write imperfectly; Stealing one beer cask and 16 gallons of beer, property of George Setchell at Upwood. Acquitted
35 - Michaelmas Sessions: George White 16, hawker, Able to read; Stealing £2.15.10 and one port-monnaie from Elize Wortley at Fletton. 4 years' penal servitude
36 - Reports: Annual Return by Gaoler
37 - Visiting Justices' Reports
38 - Surgeon's Reports:
39 - Chaplain's Report
40 - Annual Gaol Report
41 - The Crewe Case: Letters from Mr. Nelson Wilkinson, Peterborough (Oct.)
42 - Correspondence on the resignation of the Governor of the Gaol, George Smith, and his wife Lucy Smith, the matron, owing to his illness, and papers relating to the appointment of his successor (Mr. Hulme). A letter (October) from him to the C.P. mentions pressure of business which included supervising the mat making experiment which shewed a profit of £104 per year, and filling in the new simplified Home Office gaol return which contained 8 principal tables including 126 sub divisions.
43 - Correspondence with Whitehall and elsewhere over the new Criminal Justice Act.: A letter from the Home Secretary informed the Q.S. Chairman that the Table of Fees sent him was inadmissable. A payment of 14/- to the Clerk to the Justices was reasonable but 10/- to the C.P. was excessive. 4/- was deemed sufficient. The scale proposed for witnesses and prosecutors was also not satisfactory. Allowances......should be uniform, whatever their station in life and the principle of allowances for fractional parts of days should be adopted. A suggested scale was enclosed.
44 - Returns to Whitehall: No. of Petty Sessional Divisions
45 - Finance Committee Reports
46 - Covering letters
47 - Appointment of Sheriff and Under-Sheriff
48 - Treasury payments of Hunts. Prosecution expenses
49 - St. Ives Improvement balance sheet
50 - Tenders for printing and stationery
51 - Huntingdon sewerage - alterations soon to be made
52 - C.P.'s rough minutes
53 - Papers relative to a prisoner, John Green, certified as a lunatic and removed to Bedford Asylum
54 - Counsel's opinion on the appointment of a Chief Constable jointly with Cambs. Hunts. right of dismissal.
55 - Letter from Mr. Rust on the breaking of a girder at Earith Bridge
56 - Circular about a proposed reformatory school near Cambridge (from Rev. F. Gerald Vesey, Hon. Sec., 43 Jesus Lane, Cambridge)
57 - Voters' List Revision Courts Poster.
58 - Unlisted recognizances
59 - Depositions: Elizabeth Jones, stealing a leg of pork from William Clark at Huntingdon
60 - Depositions: Susan Ingram, stealing money from John Harpur at St Ives
61 - Depositions: Burton Smith, assaulting Ephraim Dixie, a constable in the execution of his duty at Alconbury
62 - Depositions: Alice Underey, stealing clothing from her employer Charles Fairey at St Neots
63 - Depositions: Samuel Medlock, killing and stealing part of the carcass of a sheep belonging to John Patrick Worman at Stilton
64 - Depositions: Osborn Furnell, late of Wistow, stealing a cap from George Greenwood at Ramsey
65 - Depositions: Robert Croft and Henry Whitwell, stealing wheat from William Papworth at Ramsey
66 - Depositions: George Dawson, obtaining goods under false pretences from George Hercock at Fletton
67 - Depositions: William Kingston, unlawfully wounding Thomas Marriott at Haddon
68 - Depositions: William Foster and John Kennell, stealing beer from George Setchell at Upwood
69 - Depositions: Charles James, stealing beans and peas from James Wilkinson at St Neots
70 - Depositions: Thomas Eady and James Robinett, stealing fowls from Thomas and Ann Pindard at Yaxley
71 - Depositions: George White, stealing money from Eliza Wortley at Fletton
72 - Depositions: James Wheatley, stealing a coat of the value of ten shilling from Henry Walker at Huntingdon
73 - Depositions: John Tysoe, stealing barley from Ann Middleton at Brampton
74 - Depositions: Susan Ingram, stealing money from John Harpur at St Ives
75 - Depositions: Henry Buckmaster, stealing a watch from John Haddock at Stilton
76 - Depositions: Joseph Smith, stealing a coat and jacket from George Gaunt at Abbots Ripton
77 - Depositions: William Burton, assaulting and beating Thomas Cope, Constable, at Buckden
78 - Depositions: William Hope, embezzlement from William White, his employer, at Huntingdon
79 - Depositions: Thomas Fryer of Uppingham in Rutland, stealing a watch and chain from Charles Wilson at St Ives
80 - Depositions:George Loomes, stealing silver spoons belonging to the Reverend Bingham at Ramsey
81 - Depositions: Thomas Holmes and William Johnston, stealing bread, meat and cake, from Sophia Price and Hannah Dewberry, school children, at Chesterton
82 - Depositions: Henry Townsend, late of Newgate Street in London, stealing linen from William Skeeles at Somersham
83 - Depositions: James Day, stealing clothing from Sarah Smith and Charles and Ann Fordham at Hemingford Abbots
84 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: George Ablett, being drunk and disorderly
85 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: George Clifton, attempting to take or destroy pike in an area of the river where Edward Joselyn Baumgartner had a private right of fishery
86 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: William Cox, attempting to take or destroy pike in an area of the river where Edward Joselyn Baumgartner had a private right of fishery
87 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: Allen Hunt, being drunk and disorderly
88 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: John Collins, being drunk and disorderly
89 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: John Reed, being drunk and disorderly
90 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: Maria Murray, unlawfully assaulting and beating William Dighton, constable
91 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: David Maule, unlawfully assaulting and beating William Dighton, Constable
92 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: George White, being drunk and disorderly
93 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: John Fisher, being drunk and disorderly
94 - Convictions for the Borough of Godmanchester: Robert Murray, unlawfully assaulting and beating William Dighton, Constable
95 - Hunts Convictions: William Banks [Panks/Danks?], for being drunk at St Neots
96 - Hunts Convictions: James Peacock, assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
97 - Hunts Convictions: John Norfield (?), assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
98 - Hunts Convictions: Thomas Meadows, assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
99 - Hunts Convictions: George Ford, assault on Thomas Storey at St Neots
100 - Hunts Convictions: Thomas Swales, assault on Thomas Storey at St Neots
101 - Hunts Convictions: Thomas Ferriman, assault on Thomas Storey at St Neots
102 - Hunts Convictions: William Hawkins, assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
103 - Hunts Convictions: Thomas Swales, assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
104 - Hunts Convictions: Isaac Day, assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
105 - Hunts Convictions: Arthur Day, assault on William Marshall of Great Staughton
106 - Hunts Convictions: William Lucas, keeping open his house for the sale of beer during the hours of divine service at St Neots
107 - Hunts Convictions: James Day, assault on William Marshall at Great Staughton
108 - Hunts Convictions: William Craddock, damaging underwood growing on the property of William Drogo, Duke of Manchester at Kimbolton
109 - Hunts Convictions: William Pettit, damaging underwood growing on the property of William Drogo, Duke of Manchester at Kimbolton
110 - Hunts Convictions: William Perkins, damaging fence on the property of Thomas Day Esq in Kimbolton
111 - Hunts Convictions: George Clare, a rogue and vagabond, running away and leaving behind his daughter Matilda Clare, aged 7 years, who became chargeable to the parish of Eynesbury
112 - Hunts Convictions: William Reason, an idle and disorderly person, failing to maintain his himself and his wife Elizabeth at Buckden
113 - Norman Cross (Petty Sessions) Convictions: Weights and Measures
114 - Hunts Convictions: William Hemmant (?), assault on James Davis at Woodston
115 - Depositions: Thomas Barker, stealing two lambs from John Page at Hail Weston
116 - Petty Sessions Bastardy: Jane Hutchcraft of Upwood v Richard Taylor
117 - Michaelmas Sessions: List of prisoners with former convictions
118 - Easter Sessions: List of prisoners with former convictions
119 - Magistrates certificates
120 - Correspondence
121 - January Quarter Sessions Calendar (with sentences)
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