Year Date Name Surname age offence previous sentence notes session 1840 Jan 20 Patrick TAYLOR 40 larceny/stealing 2 cwt metal All Saints Derby 2 months hard labour/Borough Sessions 1840 Jan 20 Thomas HOROBIN 18 larceny/stealing 2 cwt metal All Saints Derby 3 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Stephen JOHNSON 39 larceny/stealing 2 cwt metal All Saints Derby 3 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Samuel BEESON waiter 46 larceny/stealing cloth jacket & pr trousers 4 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Allkana BOLSOVER 30 receiving stolen goods/cloth jacket & pr trousers 4 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Bidget BOHAN 29 larceny no prosecution 1840 Jan 20 John CONNELL 23 larceny/pr cloth gaiters St Werburgh 1 month hard labour 1840 Jan 20 George THRUTCHLEY 24 larceny/stealing waistcoat 3 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Edward George DIXON 29 larceny/stealing watch & pr stockings St Peters Derby 6 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Charles BOSWORTH 22 larceny/stealing 1 cheese All Saints Derby 2 months hard labour 1840 Jan 20 Charles ROBINSON 17 larceny yes 7 years transportation 1840 Mar 17 William PEARSON 48 burglary at South Wingfield life transportation County Assizes 1840 Mar 17 Samuel TAYLOR 27 robbery with violence at Chesterfield 15 years transportation 1840 Mar 17 Charles WETTON 21 robbery with violence at Chesterfield 15 years transportation 1840 Mar 17 William DARBY jun. 23 robbery with violence at Chesterfield 15 years transportation 1840 Mar 17 James RADFORD 48 embezzlement/servant to Court Granville Esq 12 months/6th & last month in solitary 1840 Mar 17 John ROGERS 20 manslaughter 18 months 1840 Mar 17 Henry ROBERTS aka LINCOLN 22 manslaughter 18 months 1840 Mar 17 William SEVERNS 21 housebreaking/stealing purse & money Brackenfield 4 months 1840 Mar 17 William ROBERTS 23 larceny/stealing cart saddle,crupper,breechband at Heath 3 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Thomas JACOBS 60 larceny/stealing hair from live bulls & cows at Packington 6 weeks hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Robert BARDSLEY 32 larceny/stealing 3 deal boards at Mellor 3 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 John PLATTS 35 larceny/stealing 14 cheeses Inkersall 8 months 1840 Mar 17 Samuel HORROBIN 23 larceny/stealing piece of wood at Matlock 1 month hard labour 1840 Mar 17 George SMITH 16 housebreaking/stealing silver watch at Bretby 6 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Thomas SPENCER 14 larceny/stealing steel trap at Hopton 1 month hard labour 1840 Mar 17 James MOORE 19 larceny/stealing steel trap at Hopton 1 month hard labour 1840 Mar 17 William DAWSON 22 larceny/stealing metal saucepan at Wirksworth 1 month 1840 Mar 17 John WARDLE 21 housebreaking/stealing tobacco at Doveridge 12 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 George TAYLOR 32 larceny/stealing wheat at Bolsover 6 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Benjamin CLUER 20 larceny/stealing 12 fowls at Findern 4 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Joseph SWETTENHAM 16 larceny/stealing copper bowl at Ashbourne 1 month hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Thomas DURO 35 larceny/stealing coal at West Hallam 3 weeks hard labour 1840 Mar 17 John FOWKE 66 foreman larceny by servant/stealing wood & iron nails Duffield yes 12 months 1840 Mar 17 James WHITWORTH 22 larceny by servant/stealing wood & iron nails Duffield 1 week 1840 Mar 17 Samuel FOWKE 28 larceny by servant employed Midland Rly/stealing wood & iron nails Duffield 1 week 1840 Mar 17 Samuel REDFERN 22 larceny 6 months 1840 Mar 17 Joseph PRINCE 22 larceny/stealing 2 iron chains at Hartington not guilty 1840 Mar 17 James CHADWICK 57 larceny/stealing piece of wood at Matlock not guilty 1840 Mar 17 Francis HALLSEBROOKE 24 manslaughter/killing Wm Mackie at Crich not guilty 1840 Mar 17 Thomas WILLIAMS 16 bestiality at Spondon not guilty 1840 Mar 17 Andrew COCKAYNE 22 housebreaking/stealing clothing at Kirk Ireton not guilty 1840 Mar 17 Gervase WHEELDON 60 housebreaking/stealing clothing at Kirk Ireton not guilty 1840 Mar 17 Henry HALL 16 larceny by servant admitted evidence 1840 Mar 17 John FISHER 17 larceny no bill 1840 Mar 17 William WOODWARD 18 larceny/stealing oats at Church Gresley no bill 1840 Mar 17 Thomas ADSHEAD 21 larceny no prosecution 1840 Mar 17 Henry BRANDRICK 33 shooting Mahala Cope at Marston Montgomerey intent to maim/committed suicide in gaol before trial 1840 Mar 17 Samuel POXON 24 housebreaking/stealing 2 hams,pig's face,potatoes at Ockbrook not guilty 1840 Mar 17 William JOHNSON 42 housebreaking/stealing 2 hams,pig's face,potatoes at Ockbrook not guilty 1840 Mar 17 Joseph SHORTHOSE 54 larceny/stealing hay at Repton 14 days hard labour 1840 Mar 17 Elizabeth or Eliza SHAW 30 housebreaking/stealing sheets,flannel waistcoat at Heanor 2 years hard labour 1840 Mar 17 James JEFFREY 27 housebreaking/stealing fowls,duck,drake & provisions at Thurvaston 9 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 William POTTER 33 housebreaking/stealing fowls,duck,drake & provisions at Thurvaston 9 months hard labour 1840 Mar 17 William JENNISON 26 uttering counterfeit coin at Mosborough 1 year hard labour 1840 Mar 17 William MUSSON 24 larceny not guilty 1840 Mar 17 George WILD 67 receiving stolen goods/11 bobbins & silk Heanor not guilty 1840 Mar 17 William WHALLEY 30 larceny/stealing coal Swadlincote not guilty 1840 Mar 17 William HINCHLEY 43 receiving stolen goods 14 years transportation 1840 Mar 17 William WRIGHT 22 larceny 1 month 1840 Apr 7 George WILD 49 larceny/stealing old metal Pinxton 6 months hard labour/County Sessions 1840 Apr 7 Samuel JACKSON 14 robbery Cow Hill Belper 1 year hard labour/1st & last week solitary confinement 1840 Apr 7 William HICKLING 23 larceny/stealing potatoes Breaston 2 months 1840 Apr 7 John WHITEMAN 20 burglary/stealing velveteen jacket & child's frock Heanor not guilty 1840 Apr 7 Samuel BENNETT 30 on bail assault on peace officer at Ludworth not guilty 1840 Apr 14 Thomas CHINN 23 larceny/stealing 2 gig shafts 2 months hard labour/Borough Sessions 1840 Apr 14 Mary CORBRIDGE 30 destitute married woman/larceny/stealing 20yds cotton print All Saints Derby 1 month hard labour 1840 Apr 14 George HOLBROOK 26 larceny/stealing beef & veal All Saints Derby 1 month hard labour 1840 Apr 14 William WALTON 23 larceny/stealing 2 tame rabbits St Werburgh Derby 3 months hard labour 1840 Apr 14 Joseph LEADBEATER 30 uttering counterfeit coin St Werburgh Derby 1 year hard labour 1840 Jun 30 William COPE aka EYRE 27 breaking counting house Cromford yes 15 years transportation/County Sessions 1840 Jun 30 William BOWLDLER 28 robbery with violence 15 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 George LOMAS 19 housebreaking Hatton yes 10 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 Thomas COARSALL 44 shopbreaking Crich yes 1835/15 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 George WOOD 27 shopbreaking Crich (turned Queen's evidence) 1 day 1840 Jun 30 Joseph ROBINSON alias BAXTER 18 housebreaking Melbourne 10 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 William SELBY 22 housebreaking Melbourne 6 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Sarah ROBINSON alias BAXTER 15 receiving stolen goods 6 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Robert ROBERTS 20 larceny Winshill 7 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 William SHAW 21 larceny Dale Abbey 7 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 Joseph MEAKIN 18 larceny Winshill 7 years transportation 1840 Jun 30 Dorothy HOOD 51 larceny/stealing 5 yds linen cloth Hartshorne 6 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Mary Ann HOOD 11 larceny/stealing 5 yds linen cloth Hartshorne 1 day 1840 Jun 30 Eliza HOOD 14 larceny/stealing 5 yds linen cloth Hartshorne not guilty 1840 Jun 30 Thomas ROBERTS 20 old iron dealer larceny/stealing 900 lbs iron Shardlow 6 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 William SWEETING 22 wharf lab larceny/stealing 900 lbs iron Shardlow 6 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Thomas WOOD 48 larceny by servant/stealing beans & 3 sack bags Hartshorne 6 months 1840 Jun 30 Thomas CORDALL 20 larceny/stealing pig iron Staveley 4 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 John WOOD 43 larceny/stealing flour & oatmeal Horsley 4 months 1840 Jun 30 Matthew WOOD 17 receiving stolen flour & oatmeal Horsley 4 months 1840 Jun 30 John ROBERTS 15 larceny from person/stealing silk handkerchief Mayfield 3 months & whipped 1840 Jun 30 George AULT 25 larceny 3 months 1840 Jun 30 John SOWTER on bail hay dealer & farmer false pretences/obtaining hay 6 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Thomas HIGTON 60 larceny/stealing potatoes Biggin Hartington Nether Quarter 2 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 William JENKINSON 29 larceny/1 waistcoat & 1 shirt Bakewell 2 months hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Thomas HANDBURY 34 larceny/stealing smock frock Ashover 2 months 1840 Jun 30 Joseph SLACK 21 larceny/stealing 2 cast iron handcart wheels,2 iron axle trees,4 iron pins Hulland 1 month hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Peter IRISH 35 larceny/stealing 5 ducks Shirley 1 month hard labour 1840 Jun 30 Samuel SWANN 28 stealing fixture Chapel en le Frith fined 5 shillings 1840 Jun 30 Charles COLLIER 32 stealing fixture Chapel en le Frith fined 5 shillings 1840 Jun 30 Henry CLAMP 9 fraud/obtaining bread,cheese,sugar Linton fined 5 shillings 1840 Jun 30 Thomas HARROP 37 destroying fish Hartington Upper Quarter 1 year 1840 Jun 30 George HARROP 49 destroying fish Hartington Upper Quarter 1 year 1840 Jun 30 John SAXTON 38 destroying fish 6 months 1840 Jun 30 John TURNER 22 poaching & assault Ashford 6 months 1840 Jun 30 John MYCOCK 32 poaching & assault Ashford 4 months 1840 Jun 30 Samuel BRAMWELL poaching & assault Ashford 4 months 1840 Jun 30 George WALL 40 poaching & assault Ashford 6 months 1840 Jun 30 Edward TRAVIS 29 poaching & assault Ashford 6 months 1840 Jun 30 Walter SCATTERGOOD 34 burglary/3 feather beds,4 bolsters,6 pillows etc Ilkeston not guilty 1840 Jun 30 William STONE 26 larceny/stealing straw,hay,bran,beans Clowne not guilty 1840 Jun 30 William LEE 17 larceny/stealing watch Long Eaton no bill 1840 Jun 30 Henry WORSLEY 28 larceny Beighton no bill 1840 Jun 30 Matthew HALL 25 breaking curtilage Staveley no bill 1840 Jun 30 Patrick GORIE 29 larceny by servant Belper no bill 1840 Jun 30 John RICHMOND 22 shooting intent to murder Walter Mathie at Ashbourne no bill 1840 Jul 18 Susan CHOLERTON on bail 17 larceny All Saints 1 month Borough Sessions 1840 Jul 18 Uriah GREEN 23 larceny from person 10 years transportation 1840 Aug 3 Samuel ROBINSON alias BIRMINGHAM 21 larceny 7 years transportation County Sessions 1840 Aug 3 George LILLEY 42 sheepstealing yes 10 years transportation 1840 Aug 3 Sarah HARRISON 27 bigamy 2 months hard labour 1840 Aug 3 Henry GILBERT 28 larceny/stealing 18 gallon barrel of porter Charlesworth 1 year 1840 Aug 3 Samuel YATES 19 larceny/stealing boots Chinley 1 year 1840 Aug 3 William KEELING aka JERRY 34 housebreaking Cold Harbour 1 year 1840 Aug 3 Mary STATON 47 larceny/stealing silk Belper 1 fortnight 1840 Aug 3 Richard HARRISON 25 larceny/stealing 18 gallon barrel of porter Charlesworth not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Robert BLAIR 20 larceny/stealing wearing apparel Quorndon not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Thomas JONES 23 or 28 larceny/stealing boots Chinley yes not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Joseph BROCKLEHURST 60 larceny not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Nancy BROCKLEHURST 48 larceny not guilty 1840 Aug 3 William COPELAND 20 burglary Buxton not guilty 1840 Aug 3 John AITKIN 34 larceny by servant/stealing woollen cloth Matlock not guilty 1840 Aug 3 John Thomas RIDDLESDEN 35 malicious wounding of cattle not guilty 1840 Aug 3 James HIBBERT 30 murder not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Aaron HIBBERT 23 murder not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Eliza OTTIWELL 20 murder/newborn female child Horsley Woodhouse not guilty 1840 Aug 3 George HOLEHOUSE 37 horsestealing no prosecution 1840 Aug 3 John BROWN 23 larceny in dwellinghouse 10 years transportation 1840 Aug 3 John ALLEN 26 sheepstealing 15 years transportation 1840 Aug 3 Ellen WOODWARD 24 larceny by servant 3 months 1840 Aug 3 William BAILEY 51 larceny/stealing 1 neckerchief & 1 handkerchief Ashover 3 months 1840 Aug 3 Jeremiah SMITH 25 larceny 3 months 1840 Aug 3 John ROBINSON 18 larceny 6 months 1840 Aug 3 Thomas LLOYD 18 larceny 6 months 1840 Aug 3 Samuel MOUNT 24 horsestealing 6 months 1840 Aug 3 Samuel SWAN aka MASON 20 shopbreaking/larceny stealing cullander Smalley 6 months & 3 months 1840 Aug 3 William BODEN 23 manslaughter 1 month 1840 Aug 3 John PORTLOCK 39 larceny 14 days 1840 Aug 3 Abrahan GILLOTT 22 shopbreaking/stealing fustian Denby not guilty 1840 Aug 3 David HUTTON 22 of Eckington/larceny from person/stealing watch chain,seal & key not guilty 1840 Aug 3 George EATON jun. 30 manslaughter not guilty 1840 Aug 3 Isaac BIDDULPH 41 manslaughter not guilty 1840 Aug 3 John BACON aka JACKSON 32 bigamy 7 years transportation 1840 Aug 3 Ellen GILLIGAN aka SMITH 16 larceny by servant/wearing apparel Belper 12 months 1840 Oct 10 William HARRISON 18 larceny 1 month hard labour/Borough Sessions 1840 Oct 10 Henry KEY 19 larceny/stealing 100lbs lead 3 months hard labour 1840 Oct 10 John WINROW 18 larceny/stealing velvet yes 14 years transportation 1840 Oct 10 Gregory WINROW 20 larceny/stealing velvet 7 years transportation 1840 Oct 10 Thomas LOCKETT 18 on bail/stealing letter being servant of Post Office not guilty 1840 Oct 10 Joseph FARNSWORTH 17 fraud/2s 11d 1 month hard labour 1840 Oct 10 John WELCH 24 uttering counterfeit coin 12 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 William FOX 28 robbery with violence Chaddesden 15 years transportation/County Sessions 1840 Oct 20 Joseph SMITH 22 larceny Chesterfield yes 14 years transportation 1840 Oct 20 Thomas TURNER 30 larceny Stapenhill yes 14 years transportation 1840 Oct 20 Thomas RICHARDS 19 larceny Stapenhill yes 14 years transportation 1840 Oct 20 James RICE 26 sheepstealing Repton 10 years transportation 1840 Oct 20 John BARRACLOUGH 19 burglary Matlock 10 years transportation 1840 Oct 20 William NADIN 19 larceny Wormhill 7 years transportation 1840 Oct 20 Richard NEEDHAM 22 horsestealing Sheldon 18 months 1840 Oct 20 Joshua HEATHCOTE 30 horsestealing Sheldon 18 months 1840 Oct 20 John ROBINSON 24 larceny/stealing 9 ducks Kilburn 1 year hard labour 1840 Oct 20 John ROBERTS 24 larceny/stealing ducks Stapenhill 6 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 James MALLOY 22 larceny from person/stealing 9s Eckington 6 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Joseph DAFT 20 of Draycott assault & larceny/stealing silk Wilne 6 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Thomas BERNE 36 breaking curtilage/stealing waistcoat & hat Buxton 3 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 James HALL 30 larceny/stealing counterpane,bed ticking,sacks Danesmoor 3 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 James GRABBY 26 larceny/stealing wheat & pr shoes 3 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Samuel YATES 28 larcenystealing wheat & pr shoes 3 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Hannah BLOOD 23 larceny/stealing 53 yds lace Hartshorn 2 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Susan JOHNSON 27 larceny/stealing 6 pieces ribbon Shirland 2 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Charlotte JOHNSON 25 larceny/stealing 6 pieces ribbon Shirland 2 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 William GRANT jun. 31 larceny by servant/stealing 4 dead fish & linen towel Bakewell 1 month hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Edward TUNNICLIFF 18 larceny/stealing kids Melbourne 1 month hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Hannah PEACH 21 larceny by servant/stealing sheets Fenny Bentley 14 days hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Patrick HOLDEN 38 uttering counterfeit coin 1 year hard labour 1840 Oct 20 William ROWLAND 30 night poaching/assault on gamekeeper 18 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Thomas WOODS 34 night poaching/assault on gamekeeper 18 months hard labour 1840 Oct 20 Robert HIDES 33 horsestealing Clowne not guilty 1840 Oct 20 William KELLY 36 watchman larceny by servant/stealing 8lbs steel Ockbrook not guilty 1840 Oct 20 Thomas ELLIOTT 47 larceny/stealing whimble at Walton not guilty 1840 Oct 20 George MELLOR 21 on bail larceny/stealing fowls Wirksworth not guilty 1840 Oct 20 Francis SHAW 18 rescuing a person from custody of constable in Wirksworth not guilty 1840 Oct 20 James POTTER 30 larceny by servant no bill 1840 Oct 20 Henry TORNIN assault to ravish no bill 1840 Oct 20 William LUCAS 24 larceny/stealing pr boots Chesterfield found insane/to remain in custody 1840 Oct 20 Joseph BAGNALL 60 horse stealing Lullington (reported to be in a dying state)