Year Date Name Surname age offence previous sentence notes session 1851 Jan 15 Charles BUTTERWORTH larceny 1 month hard labour Epiphany Sessions 1851 Jan 15 Robert SPENCER larceny 2 months hard labour 1851 Jan 15 Frederick POWERS 17 larceny/stealing 2lbs meat 3 months hard labour 1851 Jan 15 Robert MOSLEY 17 larceny/stealing 2 lbs meat 9 months hard labour 1851 Jan 15 Thomas HARLOW 22 assault & robbery 10 years 1851 Jan 15 Thomas BENTLEY 22 assault & robbery 10 years 1851 Jan 15 Henry SMITH 24 assault & robbery 15 years 2nd conviction 1851 Jan 15 Charles PERRY assault & robbery acquitted 1851 Jan 15 Charles PERRY 20 larceny 4 months hard labour 1851 Jan 15 Mary Ann WHEATCROFT 24 larceny 2 years hard labour 1851 Mar 13 Thomas PHILLIPS 30 sheepstealing Tideswell 7 years/Lent Assizes 1851 Mar 13 Josiah SLACK 49 on bail sheepstealing Brassington 7 years 1851 Mar 13 Thomas BARKER 43 forgery yes £ 5 promissary note Derby 10 years 1851 Mar 13 James DOWD 20 rape at Mackworth 15 years 1851 Mar 13 John COTTON 39 larceny as servant/Midland Railway yes 7 years 1851 Mar 13 John CHAPMAN 31 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 10 years 1851 Mar 13 William CLARKE 23 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 10 years 1851 Mar 13 William DOBBS 25 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 10 years 1851 Mar 13 Robert CUTTS 28 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe yes 10 years 1851 Mar 13 William WORRILL 21 malicious cutting/wounding Scarcliffe 18 months 1851 Mar 13 John EVANS 19 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 18 months 1851 Mar 13 John GOODLAD 23 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 18 months 1851 Mar 13 James WILDE 21 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 18 months 1851 Mar 13 George CUTTS 25 malicious cutting/wounding at Scarcliffe 2 years 1851 Mar 13 Charles FOWKE aka BULL 23 larceny/stealing hay 4 months 1851 Mar 13 William SHEPPARD 41 larceny/Scarcliffe 15 years 1851 Mar 13 Robert GRUNDY 23 larceny at Scarcliffe 10 years 1851 Mar 13 Joseph ELEY 63 Horsley Woodhouse/larceny/stealing oat straw 3 months 1851 Mar 13 Thomas PECK 28 larceny 3 months 1851 Mar 13 Thomas BOOTH stealing 56 lbs coal Alfreton 6 months 1851 Mar 13 William GODFREY 22 larceny from person/silk handkerchief Ashbourne 4 months 1851 Mar 13 James RAMSBOTTOM larceny from person/silk handkerchief Ashbourne 4 months 1851 Mar 13 Joseph FOWKE 19 larceny/calico shirt at Horsley yes 18 months 1851 Mar 13 Joseph BUTLER 17 larceny/calico shirt at Horsley 4 months 1851 Mar 13 James RICHARDSON 31 larceny/2 medals at Measham 6 months 1851 Mar 13 Margaret SMITH 19 larceny/3 handkerchiefs,3 mufflers Chesterfield 3 months 1851 Mar 13 James MASSEY 20 larceny 1 month 1851 Mar 13 Samuel BALL 21 larceny/stealing silver watch at Pentrich 3 months 1851 Mar 13 William George KENNEY alias LITTLEWOOD Ilkeston/larceny/stealing wood 3 months 1851 Mar 13 William NEVILLE 31 ? Ashby de la Zouch/larceny/clover & straw 6 months 1851 Mar 13 James BAILEY 41 larceny/cloth cap at Glossop 6 months 1851 Mar 13 George HORSLEY manslaughter/Elizabeth Bowman age 10 run over by cart Melbourne 1 month 1851 Mar 13 Mary ELSE 49 forgery £ 5 promissary note Derby 12 months 1851 Mar 13 Julia JOHNSON 33 forgery £ 5 promissary note Derby 6 months 1851 Mar 13 Edward JENNINGS 32 larceny/lead from Sawley Church 12 months 1851 Mar 13 Francis KILBOURN alias Thomas JOHNSON 28 larceny/lead from Sawley church 12 months 1851 Mar 13 Robert MARSDEN 18 larceny/gander & 5 geese at Tansley 9 months 1851 Mar 13 William SMITH larceny/rec gander & 5 Geese at Tansley 9 months 1851 Mar 13 George DAMMS 59 abusing girl under 12 years of age 2 years 1851 Mar 13 Joseph HURST rape of Harriet Cawker nee Bacon at Eckington not guilty 1851 Mar 13 John TURNER rape of Harriet Cawker nee Bacon at Eckington not guilty 1851 Mar 13 John SHEPPARD 44 malicious cutting/wounding not guilty 1851 Mar 13 Samuel SMITH 48 larceny/stealing collar,hames,halter,overalls at Radbourne yes 2 cases 2 months 1st case/7 years 2nd case 1851 Mar 13 Matilda TERREWEST 23 larceny/stealing dress at Litchurch 12 months 1851 Mar 13 Eliza LANCASHIRE 19 larceny/stealing sugar 4 months 1851 Mar 13 Betty ALLEN 41 larceny/Glossop 9 months 1851 Mar 13 Jesse RUTLAND 26 larceny/stealing coat etc at Boylestone 4 months 1851 Mar 13 Alice DERBYSHIRE 17 obtaining goods false pretences/Ashbourne 12 months 1851 Mar 13 John BOFFEY 37 obtaining money false pretences at Church Gresley 6 months 1851 Mar 13 Hannah JOHNSON larceny/stealing silver lancet case & 4 silver lancets Tutbury no bill 1851 Mar 13 Herbert RIPPON 26 of Ridgeway robbery with violence life 1851 Mar 13 George HARRISON 34 robbery with violence life 1851 Mar 13 John MARSH 22 housebreaking yes 20 years 1851 Mar 13 Joseph HICKSON 10 arson/haystack at Cowley 10 years 1851 Mar 13 George SILCOCK larceny/stealing shoes & boots in Chesterfield 2 years hard labour 1851 Mar 13 James WEBSTER 27 larceny/stealing watch at Alfreton 6 months hard labour 1851 Mar 13 George WOODHOUSE 22 larceny/stealing watch at Alfreton 6 months hard labour 1851 Mar 13 Sampson AMIESON larceny/stealing silver watch etc at Church Gresley 2 years 1851 Mar 13 William TERRY 49 bigamy 3 months 1851 Mar 13 William MOUSLEY larceny 3 months 1851 Mar 13 Isaiah LANCASHIRE 22 larceny 6 months 1851 Mar 13 Samuel HALFORD coachman at Appleby/larceny/2 prs leather gloves at Aston Hall 1 fortnight solitary 1851 Mar 13 Thomas WATSON 22 manslaughter Allestree 1 fortnight solitary 1851 Mar 13 John BATTY 34 assault 6 months hard labour 1851 Mar 13 John HALLSWORTH on bail assault/stabbed Wm Hall at Belper 6 months hard labour 1851 Mar 13 Thomas SMITH uttering silver counterfeit coin yes 1 year 1851 Mar 13 William WRIGHT 22 offence under game laws Kirk Hallam 3 months 1851 Mar 13 Samuel OTTEWELL 28 entering land by night to kill game Kirk Hallam 2 months 1851 Mar 13 Abraham FREARSON 34 entering land by night to kill game Kirk Hallam 2 months 1851 Mar 13 Thomas YATES of Crich/larceny by servant/stealing beans & head stall at Matlock not guilty 1851 Mar 13 Charles LOWE on bail malicious cutting/wounding/stabbing George Barker at Alfreton not guilty 1851 Mar 13 Matthew DOWNS larceny by servant/stealing £ 5 promissary note from Killamarsh colliery not guilty 1851 Mar 13 Thomas BAILEY burglary yes not guilty 1851 Apr 2 Patrick FOY 19 stealing gold watch/gold chain 12 months Easter Sessions 1851 Apr 2 William HOPKINS alias WESTON uttering shilling counterfeit coin 6 months 1851 Apr 2 Henry WAINE 22 ? larceny yes 15 years 1851 Apr 2 Thomas SMITH larceny 2 cases 12 months each 1851 Apr 2 Benjamin BRADBURY 22 larceny 2 cases 12 months each 1851 Apr 2 John WAITE 16 larceny/stealing shirt 4 months 1851 Apr 2 Thomas JENKINSON 21 larceny yes 10 years 1851 Apr 2 Henry ALLEN larceny 9 months 1851 Apr 2 Arthur Robert MADGENESS ? larceny 12 months 1851 Apr 2 Jane Elizabeth MADGENESS ? larceny acquitted 1851 Apr 8 Thomas PEACH larceny 18 months Quarter Sessions 1851 Apr 8 Mary WILSON larceny 6 months 1851 Apr 8 Thomas MARSHALL larceny 2 months 1851 Apr 8 Joseph CONOLAN larceny 2 months 1851 Apr 8 James BIRKS 20 larceny 2 months 1851 Apr 8 John PHIPPS larceny 1 month 1851 Apr 8 Samuel BESTWICK larceny not guilty 1851 Apr 8 George MORAN larceny as servant not guilty 1851 Apr 8 John SWEETING 21 assault to ravish 2 years 1851 Apr 8 George CLIFF jun. assault not guilty 1851 Jun 28 John HICKSON stealing 1 silver watch/1 silver chain 18 months Midsummer Sessions 1851 Jul 1 Benjamin HARRISON 30 larceny & assault yes 15 years Quarter Sessions 1851 Jul 1 Thomas BROWN alias SMITH 17 larceny yes 7 years 1851 Jul 1 Thomas JOHNSON 27 larceny yes 7 years 1851 Jul 1 Joseph MEAD alias John JOHNSON 63 larceny Chapel en le Frith yes 7 years 1851 Jul 1 William WOODHEAD larceny/stealing metal kettle Staveley 12 months 1851 Jul 1 John LOMAS of Mellor larceny/stealing 5s 6 months 1851 Jul 1 George KIRKMAN larceny as servant/stealing brandy & rum Weston on Trent 4 months 1851 Jul 1 Thomas HOLMES larceny as servant/stealing brandy & rum Weston on Trent 4 months 1851 Jul 1 Henry SMITHWEST larceny/stealing wheat 4 months 1851 Jul 1 Edward MILWARD larceny/stealing rabbit Litchurch Derby 3 months & whipped 1851 Jul 1 John BOAM larceny/stealing 10lbs leather Ashbourne 3 months 1851 Jul 1 Joseph COATES receiving stolen goods/10lbs leather Ashbourne not guilty 1851 Jul 1 James BATEMAN larceny/stealing lead Winster 3 months 1851 Jul 1 Lewis ASHMORE larceny from person 3 months 1851 Jul 1 Isaac SMITH larceny/stealing 2 sovereigns Doveridge 3 months 1851 Jul 1 Elizabeth ASHOM ? larceny 2 months 1851 Jul 1 Samuel BLACKHAM larceny 1 month 1851 Jul 1 Henry OLIVER larceny/stealing umbrella Alvaston 1 month 1851 Jul 1 Samuel MACKAIL larceny 1 month 1851 Jul 1 Bernard McSHERRY larceny 1 month 1851 Jul 1 Thomas BROOKS fraud/Wirksworth 14 days 1851 Jul 1 David WHEELDON larceny 14 days 1851 Jul 1 William SPENDLOVE 23 larceny not guilty 1851 Jul 1 John ROBSON wilfully driving engine on Midland Rly against other engine not guilty 1851 Jul 1 John THOMPSON neglecting duty as guard on Midland Rly whilst conducting train not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Isabella SMITH robbery with violence/stealing purse & 11 sovereigns Doveridge 10 years Assizes 1851 Jul 25 John WALKER 20 assault/robbery 7 years 1851 Jul 25 Henry MARPLES 29 arson 7 years 1851 Jul 25 Elijah REEVE 24 manslaughter of John Wheatley at Ilkeston 7 years 1851 Jul 25 Thomas RAYNER burglary yes 1 year 1851 Jul 25 Aaron or Adam RODGERS robbery with violence/Fernilee & Yeardsley cum Whaley 1 year 1851 Jul 25 William RODGERS robbery with violence/Fernilee & Yeardsley cum Whaley 1 year 1851 Jul 25 John BAILEY 30 larceny/stealing whiskey etc Long Eaton 8 months 1851 Jul 25 John YARNELL or GARNELL larceny/stealing 2 picks Chesterfield yes 6 months 1851 Jul 25 Richard KIRKHAM horsestealing 6 months 1851 Jul 25 Joseph DIXON jun. larceny as servant 6 months 1851 Jul 25 William BULL or BELL 36 larceny yes 4 months 1851 Jul 25 Henry BUTLER larceny/stealing hat Long Eaton 4 months 1851 Jul 25 Mary LOWE larceny 4 months 1851 Jul 25 James BOOTH larceny/stealing silver coin Glossop 2 months 1851 Jul 25 Samuel ORWIN manslaughter 14 days 1851 Jul 25 Alexander DENT malicious cutting/wounding not guilty 1851 Jul 25 John PARKER or PARKES 18 malicious cutting/wounding not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Mark MORTON robbery with violence not guilty 1851 Jul 25 John CHARLESWORTH robbery with violence not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Benjamin BIGGIN robbery with violence not guilty 1851 Jul 25 William TURNER larceny not guilty 1851 Jul 25 George STONE manslaughter not guilty 1851 Jul 25 William HOLIAN ? bestiality not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Joseph HERON larceny as servant not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Samuel SHELTON manslaughter not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Alexander VARNEY robbery with violence Fernilee & Glossop not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Thomas COOPER 36 burglary not guilty 1851 Jul 25 Thomas HINDE farm lab assault & stabbing Anthony May at Nitticar Hill farm Barlborough 7 years 1851 Oct 8 John COOPER 28 stealing 4 chains not guilty Michaelmas Sessions 1851 Oct 8 Francis COXON malicious inflicting grevious bodily harm 2 months 1851 Oct 8 Dorothy COXON malicious inflicting grevious bodily harm 2 months 1851 Oct 8 Arthur WITHNALL uttering counterfeit coin 12 months 1851 Oct 8 Thomas GOODWIN uttering counterfeit coin 12 months 1851 Oct 8 John ALDREAD stealing a coat 4 months 1851 Oct 8 Charles WRIGHT uttering counterfeit coin at Derby race ground 12 months 1851 Oct 8 Mary HAND uttering counterfeit coin not guilty 1851 Oct 14 Joseph COLLINS 20 larceny from person/stealing 2 halfcrowns,1s,snuffbox,railway ticket Willington 2 years/Quarter Sessions 1851 Oct 14 Thomas PARKER 20 larceny from person/stealing 2 halfcrowns,1s,snuffbox,railway ticket Willington 2 years 1851 Oct 14 David CALLAGHAN 16 larceny from person/stealing 2 halfcrowns,1s,snuffbox,railway ticket Willington not guilty 1851 Oct 14 Thomas McQUEE 15 larceny from person/stealing 2 halfcrowns,1s,snuffbox,railway ticket Willington not guilty 1851 Oct 14 Benjamin CARTER 24 housebreaking Breadsall 18 months 1851 Oct 14 William JAMES 18 housebreaking/larceny Breadsall yes 18 months 1st case/2 months 2nd case 1851 Oct 14 John CLARKE 30 Irish larceny/stealing coat,carpenters tools,boards North Wingfield 2 cases yes Coventry 18 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 William STALEY 24 larceny from person/stealing 12s 4d Stapenhill yes 18 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 George BUTLER 30 garden robbery/stealing cucumbers,apples,marrow,geranium plants Kilbourn yes 1849 6 months 1851 Oct 14 Samuel BROWN 27 larceny stealing pr stockings New Mills yes 6 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 William BAINBRIDGE 25 larceny/stealing shirt & victorine 6 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Sarah McINTYRE 16 larceny/stealing shawl,banknote,3 handkerchiefs Glossop 6 months 1851 Oct 14 Mary AXON accessory after fact of stolen articles above Glossop 6 months 1851 Oct 14 William FOWKE 29 demanding money with menaces Holbrook 6 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Robert BOOTH on bail larceny/stealing silver watch Duffield 4 months 1851 Oct 14 William COOPER receiving solen silver watch Duffield 4 months 1851 Oct 14 Maria MATHER 18 at Breadsall larceny/stealing gold ring 3 months 1851 Oct 14 Mary DRABBLE aka CLAYTON 22 larceny/stealing shirt,bolster slop etc Glossop 3 months 1851 Oct 14 Joseph MANSFIELD on bail malicious cutting of Jonathon Whitehead at Breaston 3 months 1851 Oct 14 Job TODD 22 stealing fixture/100 lbs lead Chesterfield 3 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Thomas PERKINS jun. 14 stealing lead fixture Ashbourne 1 month hard labour 1851 Oct 14 George YEOMANS 22 receiving stolen lead Ashbourne 3 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 George BOND 19 larceny/stealing goose & gander at Longford 2 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Richard FORD 18 larceny/stealing goose & gander at Longford 2 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Henry HUTCHINSON 17 larceny/stealing goose & gander at Longford 2 months hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Henry BROWN 20 larceny/stealing chair George Inn Alfreton 1 month hard labour 1851 Oct 14 German THOMPSON 23 on bail larceny/stealing blanket Breadsall 1 month 1851 Oct 14 Abraham WARBURTON 51 larceny/stealing dog collar Bakewell 1 month hard labour 1851 Oct 14 Elizabeth STUBBINS 56 on bail larceny/stealing half sovereign Whitwell not guilty 1851 Oct 14 Edward GRATTON 28 malicious assault inflicting bodily harm on John Barker at Ashover not guilty 1851 Oct 14 Joseph FOWKE nuisance not guilty