Year Date Name Surname age offence previous sentence notes session 1857 6-Jan George CHEETHAM larceny yes 1 year General Quarter Sessions 1857 6-Jan John WHEATLEY 23 collier/indecent assault on Mary Swain age 9 of Clay Cross 1 year 1857 6-Jan John BROADHEAD 51 lab/larceny 4 cases 3 months each 1857 6-Jan George BLACKSLEY larceny 6 months 1857 6-Jan Martha TAYLOR 23 millhand/larceny/stealing pr boots,dress,pr stockings Glossop 6 months 1857 6-Jan Charles OXBY or OXLEY 20 lab/larceny/stealing fowls Dronfield 6 months 1857 6-Jan Thomas SMITH 32 smith/uttering counterfeit coin Chesterfield 6 months 1857 6-Jan John MEYNELL 33 lab/receiving stolen goods/2 trukeys,1 cloth Kirk Langley 6 months 1857 6-Jan Thomas SAUNDERSON 29 collier/shopbreaking/stealing 140lbs beef Chesterfield 6 months 1857 6-Jan John SMITH 26 collier/shopbreaking/stealing 140lbs beef Chesterfield 6 months 1857 6-Jan Henry SPENCER 33 lab/larceny 6 months 1857 6-Jan Joseph HOLT 21 porter/shopbreaking/stealing money Eckington 6 months 1857 6-Jan George GRIFFIN alias DRIFHILL 27/larceny/stealing hammer Matlock yes(1856) 6 months 1857 6-Jan William BROGDALL or BROGDALE 37 lab/fraud at Ockbrook 6 months 1857 6-Jan Thomas HALLSWORTH 40 lab/larceny by servant/wheat from his master Joseph Bancroft Chaddesden 4 months 1857 6-Jan William SMITH 29 larceny/stealing 22 yds gingham Alfreton 4 months 1857 6-Jan Joseph WARD 34 lab/larceny/stealing coat,key,20lbs cheese Chesterfield 2 cases 6 months in total 1857 6-Jan Luke BENNETT 25 brickmaker/larceny/stealing 6 iron pipes,3 cwt iron Chesterfield Waterworks & Gas Light Co. 4 months 1857 6-Jan Ellen MURPHY 21 larceny by servant/stealing money from master Charles Challoner at Whitwell 3 months 1857 6-Jan George PINCHAM 16 farm servant/larceny/stealing money Dronfield 3 months 1857 6-Jan George MORRELL 28 slater/fraud/10s at Allestree 3 months 1857 6-Jan Thomas LITCHFIELD aka BOWMER 30 lab/fraud/obtaining goods Ripley 2 cases 3 months 1857 6-Jan George YEOMANS 21 engine driver/larceny by servant/stealing coat from Midland Railway Co. 3 months 1857 6-Jan Richard WILSON 14 lab/fraud/5s at Staveley 2 months then 3 yrs reformatory school 1857 6-Jan Edwin WRIGHT cutting/wounding Michael Connolly Ilkeston not guilty 1857 6-Jan George WRAGG 42 lab/larceny/stealing 53lbs tallow Chesterfield not guilty 1857 6-Jan John SHAW farmer Killamarsh/larceny/stealing bucket Eckington not guilty 1857 6-Jan Ann ASTLE larceny from person/stealing watch & handkerchief Breaston not guilty 1857 6-Jan Mark BATTY larceny from person/silver watch Eckington not guilty 1857 6-Jan William DIXON 18 lab/housebreaking/stealing 5 cheeses,silver watch Ashover not guilty 1857 14-Jan William CHAPLIN 56 tailor larceny/stealing coat & waistcoat acquitted Epiphany 1857 14-Jan John JOHNSON 17 sawyer larceny/stealing 31 pigeons 6 months hard labour 1857 14-Jan William GIBSON 24 sawyer larceny/stealing lead 6 months hard labour 1857 14-Jan John COTTON 50 larceny by servant yes 20 years 1857 14-Jan Samuel EARP 54 tailor larceny from person/5 prs trousers,2 coats,3 waistcoats acquitted 1857 14-Jan William COOK 42 watchmaker larceny/stealing silver watch St Peters St. Derby 9 months hard labour 1857 14-Jan John CROSS 19 larceny/stealing 3 coats yes 6 years 1857 14-Jan John BATES alias BEND 20 larceny/stealing 3 coats yes 6 years 1857 10-Mar Thomas WOOTTEN aka "Whale Thomas"aka SHOGG 43 burglary yes 25 years Assizes 1857 10-Mar George MATHER 25 robbery Derby 4 years 1857 10-Mar Joseph JAMES 21 rape of Martha Alldridge age 15 yrs at Wooden Box 4 years 1857 10-Mar William SHENTON 17 manslaughter of Robert Botham at Derby 1 month 1857 10-Mar William ROONEY manslaughter 18 months 1857 10-Mar James REDDISH manslaughter 15 months 1857 10-Mar James WOODACRE on bail cutting & wounding Joseph Smith at Glossop not guilty 1857 10-Mar Richard METCALF 24 collier larceny/stealing lead pump North Wingfield 6 months 1857 10-Mar Charles LINNETT 26 lab burglary Brampton 1 year 1857 10-Mar William NEWTON 18 burglary Glossop 18 months 1857 10-Mar Joseph BROOKES 19 burglary Glossop yes 18 months 1857 10-Mar Thomas PARKER 20 forging receipt for money Alfreton 2 yerars 1857 10-Mar Adam OLDFIELD 30 larceny/stealing lead piping yes 2 years 1857 10-Mar Eliza LACEY 15 robbery Derby 2 years 1857 10-Mar Rhoda JOHNSON 34 on bail larceny by servant/stealing 4 glasses,2 knives & forks from master Wm Cook at Bolsover 1 month 1857 10-Mar Patrick SHARKEY 25 robbery Chesterfield 18 months 1857 10-Mar Mary Ann MARSHALL larceny/stealing watch 6 months 1857 10-Mar Harriet RYAN larceny 6 months 1857 10-Mar Thomas FINNEY larceny 6 months 1857 10-Mar John FARRINGTON larceny 7 months 1857 10-Mar Elizabeth MORTIMER larceny by servant 4 months 1857 10-Mar James HORDEN assault 1 month 1857 10-Mar James WARD obtaining goods false pretences 3 months 1857 10-Mar John SIMPKINS 57 of 23 North St. Derby possessing counterfeit coin to utter 12 months 1857 10-Mar Charles JACKSON 38 uttering counterfeit coin Glossop 6 months 1857 10-Mar John SAXON 30 uttering counterfeit coin Glossop 6 months 1857 10-Mar James HADFIELD 22 uttering counterfeit coin Glossop 6 months 1857 10-Mar Margaret BOOTH aka MAGAN 28 making false declaration Chesterfield 4 months 1857 10-Mar William HICKLING aka RUTTE 23 on bail entering land by night armed to kill game Smisby 12 months 1857 10-Mar Ellen WEST 19 on bail perjury at Derby 9 months 1857 10-Mar James BROOKES 29 entering land by night armed to kill game Smisby 12 months 1857 18-Mar George JAMES 17 (brother of Joseph James) assault to ravish Martha Alldridge & Elizabeth Barfoot at Wooden Box 9 months 1857 18-Mar Thomas CLARKE possessing counterfeit coin to utter 7 months 1857 18-Mar Joseph MASON entering land by night armed to kill game Smisby 12 months 1857 18-Mar James BOURNE indecent assault 6 months 1857 18-Mar Thomas BROOKES entering land by night armed to kill game Smisby 12 months 1857 18-Mar Daniel O'HARA larceny ignored bill 1857 18-Mar John MONKS 25 manslaughter of John Newton at Glossop ignored bill 1857 18-Mar Thomas WOODWARD malicious stabbing not guilty 1857 18-Mar John WILKINSON 29 robbery & assault on John Stocks at Barlbro' not guilty 1857 18-Mar John PERCIVAL 22 manslaughter not guilty 1857 18-Mar Elizabeth BARTRAM 22 manslaughter by laudenum of James Boot age 17 days at North Wingfield not guilty 1857 18-Mar Matthew WRIGHT entering land by night armed to kill game Smisby not guilty 1857 18-Mar George BAMFORD killing pig yes 4 years 1857 18-Mar Samuel BOOTH killing pig 1 year 1857 18-Mar George MOORCROFT larceny 1 year 1857 18-Mar George DICKENS larceny 1 year 1857 18-Mar Robert WAIN unlawful wounding 3 months 1857 18-Mar Luke BIRKIN killing pig not guilty 1857 18-Mar George LESTER manslaughter not guilty 1857 18-Mar Daniel GODBEHERE malicious cutting not guilty 1857 18-Mar Isaac FRITCHLEY malicious cutting not guilty 1857 18-Mar George WALKER larceny not guilty 1857 7-Apr Samuel MAYER 21 housebreaking Tansley 6 years General Quarter Sessions 1857 7-Apr John BESTWICK 20 housebreaking Tansley 6 years 1857 7-Apr Frederic FLETCHER 17 housebreaking Chesterfield 6 years 1857 7-Apr Henry BROWN 32 lab housebreaking Brampton yes 1853 18 months 1857 7-Apr Samuel MILLS or MILES 29 lab housebreaking Brampton not guilty 1857 7-Apr Prudence MILLS or MILES 25 mill hand housebreaking Brampton not guilty 1857 7-Apr John DIXON 50 lab receiving stolen goods 1 year 1857 7-Apr James WILLIAMS 33 lab larceny/stealing clock Smalley Chapel 1 year 1857 7-Apr Joseph NEWTON 23 weaver possessing counterfeit coin to utter Glossop 1 year 1857 7-Apr William SWIFT 56 shopbreaking/stealing beef Chesterfield 6 months 1857 7-Apr John SITWELL aka MARRIOTT 60 lab larceny/stealing lead 4 months 1857 7-Apr Henry ADAMS 17 tailor larceny from person/stealing sovereign Ashbourne 3 months 1857 7-Apr Richard BAILEY alias MOUNT larceny/stealing gun & cap Newhall 3 months 1857 11-Apr Thomas CRANE 23 lab stealing 50lbs lead, goods of Thos Lee 1 year hard labour Easter Sessions 1857 11-Apr William ABBOTT obtaining goods false pretences 3 months hard labour 1857 11-Apr James BATES 44 horsedealer obtaining goods false pretences 3 months hard labour 1857 11-Apr John KNOWLES 20 mirrormaker obtaining goods false pretences/pine board acquitted 1857 11-Apr Thomas Alexander BARKER 26 schoolmaster stealing £ 56 1sw 10d 18 months hard labour 1857 11-Apr Henry JOHNSON alias BREEDON 19 lab stealing 10 pieces leadpiping 1 year hard labour 1857 11-Apr John HARDY 57 stealing malt from his master 6 years 1857 11-Apr Thomas FOSTER 50 receiving the same malt 6 years 1857 11-Apr John STEVENSON 20 lab uttering counterfeit coin 6 months hard labour 1857 11-Apr Elizabeth PURSEGLOVE married woman on bail receiving 8lbs stolen meat acquitted 1857 11-Apr Catherine TIMMINS married woman on bail receiving 8lbs stolen meat acquitted 1857 30-Jun Charlotte TAYLOR 24 charwoman fraud/obtaining 2 sovereigns & £ 50 Sandiacre 1 year/General Quarter Sessions 1857 30-Jun James CARRINGTON stealing in dwellinghouse to value 5 pounds 8 months 1857 30-Jun Robert HYDE 28 engineer stealing wash house copper Newbold 6 months 1857 30-Jun John BACON 29 collier stealing wash house copper Newbold 4 months 1857 30-Jun Edmund KNOWLES 40 tinman stealing wash house copper Newbold 6 months 1857 30-Jun John BARKER 33 collier stealing lead pump Brampton 6 months 1857 30-Jun John BRUNT larceny yes 6 months 1857 30-Jun Thomas HUGHES larceny yes 6 months 1857 30-Jun George ROOSE larceny 6 months 1857 30-Jun George WALKER larceny yes 6 months 1857 30-Jun James TURTON larceny 6 months 1857 30-Jun George WILMOT aka KING 22 stone mason larceny/stealing coat Dronfield 4 months 1857 30-Jun John HUNTER larceny 4 months 1857 30-Jun John THORPE larceny yes 4 months 1857 30-Jun John HIGGINS housebreaking 3 months 1857 30-Jun Thomas COLEMAN housebreaking 4 months 1857 30-Jun Thomas RANDALL larceny 4 months 1857 30-Jun Henry DAWSON larceny 4 months 1857 30-Jun James LEE larceny 3 months whipped 1857 30-Jun Oliver KIDDY assault 3 months 1857 30-Jun Samuel HALL larceny 3 months 1857 30-Jun Mary Ellen KIDD stealing in dwellinghouse to value 5 pounds 3 months 1857 30-Jun Caroline MASSEY receiving stolen goods not guilty 1857 30-Jun Jane McLARAN receiving stolen goods not guilty 1857 30-Jun John PHILLIPS larceny 3 months whipped 1857 30-Jun Levi RICHARDS assault 2 months 1857 30-Jun George CARTER assault 2 months 1857 30-Jun Thomas BIRCH 41 lab larceny/stealing hoe Stapenhill 1 month 1857 30-Jun John SAXTON 32 on bail needle maker housebreaking/stealing ham Horsley Woodhouse not guilty 1857 30-Jun Hannah FIDLER larceny not guilty 1857 4-Jul John FARADAY 56 lab uttering counterfeit coin Derby 9 months hard labour Midsummer Borough Sessions 1857 4-Jul Mary FOY alias FARADAY 53 hawker uttering counterfeit coin Derby 9 months hard labour 1857 4-Jul Matthew HICKEY 10 stealing shoes from master George Grey shoemaker Walker Lane Derby/3 months hard labour 1857 4-Jul James HALL 44 receiving the same stolen shoes 4 years 1857 4-Jul Jonathon HODGKINSON 17 lab stealing 49lbs lead Brook St. Derby 8 months hard labour 1857 4-Jul James SMITH 16 mill hand stealing 49lbs lead Brook St. Derby 8 months hard labour 1857 4-Jul Thomas MAW 15 mill hand stealing 49lbs lead Brook St. Derby 3 months then 3 years reformatory school 1857 25-Jul Ezra CHADBURN 54 robbery with violence 14 years 1857 25-Jul Thomas DRAKE 30 stealing letter from Post Office 4 years 1857 25-Jul Job BODEN 30 stealing letter from Post Office 3 years 1857 25-Jul Frederic COOPER 26 horsestealing yes 6 years 1857 25-Jul Robert WEBSTER 21 burglary yes 5 years 1857 25-Jul William BROWNSON 40 animal stealing yes 3 years 1857 25-Jul William MORGAN 29 robbery with violence 8 years 1857 25-Jul James BARKER or BAKER 22 lab/embezzlement from master John Argyle of Heanor 3 months 1857 25-Jul Moses BLAIR 60 gardener/larceny/stealing 6 fowls Crich 3 months 1857 25-Jul Nat SHRIEVE 36 wheelwright/housebreaking/stealing bacon,cheese,money Ticknall 9 months 1857 25-Jul Michael HAGEN 19 lab/burglary/stealing coat Chesterfield 10 months 1857 25-Jul Samuel GREEN 18 stealing letter from Post Office 12 months 1857 25-Jul Joseph GREATOREX aka WEST 34 lab/larceny/stealing 3 calico shirts Sandiacre yes 3 months 1857 25-Jul William POTTS 27 lab/robbery/stealing 4 sovereigns Little Chester yes 6 months 1857 25-Jul Harriet DRAYCOTT 16 larceny by servant/stealing veil,pr sleeves from master Mr Jackson at Foston 1 month 1857 25-Jul George CONNALLY 25 shoemaker/robbery at Coxbench 3 months 1857 25-Jul James BENNETT 24 shoemaker/robbery at Coxbench 6 weeks 1857 25-Jul James THOMAS 27 dealer/larceny/stealing purse,20s Brough Lane End 3 months 1857 25-Jul Mary THOMAS 32 hawker/larceny/stealing purse,20s Brough Lane End 3 months 1857 25-Jul William SHOTTIN 27 grinder/larcenystealing 2 pr snuffers Ludworth 3 months 1857 25-Jul Sarah SMITH 20 robbery with violence/stealing 30 pounds in money 18 months 1857 25-Jul Robert WILLIAMS 33 gardener/burglary/stealing coat,pr boots Sadler Gate Derby 6 months 1857 25-Jul Rose Ann CHAPMAN larceny yes 15 months 1857 25-Jul Grace WILSON 16 needle worker/arson/dwelling house Ashover 1 week 1857 25-Jul Frederic WARREN obtaining goods false pretences 3 weeks 1857 25-Jul John KILBOURNE aka REDMAN 30 lab/entering land by night armed to kill game at Calke Abbey 12 months 1857 25-Jul Abraham INSLEY aka HENCHLEY 30 lab/entering land by night armed to kill game at Calke Abbey 12 months 1857 25-Jul Thomas MASSEY/MOISEY 23 lab/assault/prize fight at Risley 3 months 1857 25-Jul Joseph BATES 21 framework knitter/assault/prize fight at Risley 1 month 1857 25-Jul Henry MARTIN 27 boatman/horsestealing Osmaston put off to next assizes 1857 25-Jul Mary Ann MANSFIELD larceny/stealing half sovereign Newhall not guilty 1857 25-Jul William GOODWIN 22 framework knitter/larceny/stealing 6d Belper not guilty 1857 25-Jul John HOUGHTON 13 arson/hay stack Wirksworth not guilty 1857 25-Jul Henry HIBBERD or HIBBERT perjury at Helmsworth Petty Sessions not guilty 1857 25-Jul George LANG 33 lab/riot/prize fight at Risley not guilty 1857 19-Oct Titus ROOME 16 baker on bail larceny by servant/£ 3 5s from master Joseph Kerry discharged fined 1 shilling Michaelmas Sessions 1857 19-Oct Sarah Ann SMITH 23 larceny Derby yes 6 years 1857 19-Oct Ambrose HARRISON 33 larceny/ yes 6 years 1857 19-Oct George SELLORS 21 joiner on bail larceny/stealing 3 saws,mallet,augur etc Derby did not appear recognizance estreated 1857 19-Oct William SPENCER 24 lab larceny from person/stealing 6s Derby acquitted 1857 19-Oct George SMITHURST 45 lab larceny/stealing coat Hulland 4 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct Francis SHAW 31 stealing cow yes 6 years General Quarter Sessions 1857 20-Oct John TOPLEY 20 boatman housebreaking/stealing boots,knife,shirt etc Shardlow 1 year 1857 20-Oct Amos JACQUES 30 nailer housebreaking/stealing watch Ravenstone 1 year hard labour 1857 20-Oct James BROOKES 23 lab larceny/stealing iron casement Wirksworth yes 1 year hard labour 1857 20-Oct John GARNELL 39 miner larceny/stealing 12 6d,pr trousers etc Chesterfield yes 1 year hard labour 1857 20-Oct Francis HURSTHOUSE lab housebreaking/stealing brass rod etc Matlock yes 2 years hard labour 1857 20-Oct John SALES on bail larceny from person/stealing £ 2 17s,3 worsted stockings 6 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct James BOTT 19 engineer larceny/stealing watch & chain Alfreton 6 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct Thomas SHEPHERD aka SEERY 28 lab larceny/stealing coat,waistcoat etc Yeldersley 6 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct John McGRAIL lab larceny/stealing coat,waistcoat etc Yeldersley 6 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct William ELLIOTT on bail larceny/stealing corn Swanwick 4 months 1857 20-Oct Nehemiah SELLORS on bail receiving stolen corn Swanwick 4 months 1857 20-Oct Thomas ARGILE on bail larceny/stealing wheat South Wingfield 4 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct Thomas JONES 30 saddler larceny by servant/stealing 2 punches etc Hathersage 4 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct John SLATER 12 potter larceny/stealing copper & 4 lbs lead Newbold 1 month 3 yrs reformatory school 1857 20-Oct George BRIGGS 10 potter larceny/stealing copper & 4 lbs lead Newbold 1 month 3 yrs reformatory school 1857 20-Oct Sarah ELLIOTT receiving stolen copper & lead 8 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct Mary McHUGH 18 mill hand larceny/stealing shawl at County Gaol yes 3 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct John LOCK larceny from person/stealing 12s Whittington 2 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct John SMITH larceny from person/stealing 12s Whittington 2 months hard labour 1857 20-Oct Anne TURNER aka Harriet Ann 20 needle woman larceny/stealing bonnet,pr boots etc Glossop 3 days 1857 20-Oct Joseph HEATH on bail larceny/stealing break & bellyband Brampton not guilty 1857 20-Oct William EARP 63 book seller's agent fraud/obtaining 20s Chesterfield not guilty 1857 20-Oct William PEARSON 30 mill hand neglecting to provide food/clothing for infant not guilty 1857 20-Oct Eliza PEARSON (wife of above) neglecting to provide food/clothing for infant not guilty 1857 20-Oct Joseph BEARDMORE 30 nailmaker carnally abusing Mary Calton under 12 yrs Codnor & Loscoe not guilty 1857 20-Oct Patrick CASEY 22 lab larceny/stealing 2lbs lead Litchurch Derby not guilty 1857 20-Oct Sophia ARCHER aka Mary JOHNSON aka HALL larceny from person/stealing sovereign & 2d Chesterfield not guilty 1857 20-Oct William NICHOLLS on bail stealing 2 steel traps no bill 1857 20-Oct Thomas BAGSHAW on bail stealing brass rod,brass handles,window clasps & hinges Matlock no bill 1857 20-Oct Obadiah WHITE on bail stealing brass rod,brass handles,window clasps & hinges Matlock no bill 1857 12-Dec James ALLEN 60 bestiality Alfreton judgment recorded 1857 12-Dec Henry MARTIN 27 horsestealing 4 years 1857 12-Dec Joseph LANCASHIRE 19 shopbreaking 5 years 1857 12-Dec Henry BUXTON 21 robbery with violence 20 years 1857 12-Dec William MURFIN 23 burglary yes 4 years 1857 12-Dec James HODGKINSON 40 lab/burglary Ashbourne & Uttoxeter yes 20 years 1857 12-Dec Robert HARBOURD 26 burglary 6 years 1857 12-Dec Alfred TAYLOR 29 collier/burglary/stealing bacon,boots,33 pots of preserves Horsley 12 months 1857 12-Dec Samuel SIMPSON 18 currier/burglary/stealing sugar,tobacco Belper 12 months 1857 12-Dec Thomas SWAIN 21 chairbottomer/burglary/stealing Wellington boots,shoes Bridge Street Belper 9 months 1857 12-Dec James VARNEY 21 lab/burglary/stealing Wellington boots,shoes Bridge Street Belper 9 months 1857 12-Dec William DERBYSHIRE 20 lab/forging warrant for money 50 pounds Bakewell 18 months 1857 12-Dec Henry FORD 39 bookbinder/entering land by night armed to kill game at Pistern Hills Smisby 3 months 1857 12-Dec Henry THORP larceny postponed to next assizes 1857 12-Dec William JOHNSON larceny postponed to next assizes 1857 12-Dec Thomas TEBBUTT manslaughter not guilty