Year Date Name Surname age offence previous sentence notes session 1879 Jan William GREENWODD 20 lab stealing 34 lbs lead 6 months hard labour 1879 Jan Frederick ALLEN 31 moulder stealing 2 calico sheets Telegraph Inn Derby yes 12 months hard labour 1879 Jan William SHARDLOW on bail stealing a sovereign no bill 1879 Jan Mary Ann ROSE 38 charwoman abducting Anne E Kelly age 4 to steal the child's clothing 6 months hard labour 1879 Jan Samuel HEATHCOTE 32 engine driver stealing plated cup at Tapton not guilty 1879 Jan Joseph TAYLOR 40 stealing silver watch & gold plated guard Clown/stealing poultry Elmton 12 months 1879 Jan Henry WOODHEAD 30 stealing silver watch & gold plated guard Clown/stealing poultry Elmton 12 months 1879 Jan John WILSON 28 moulder stealing horse,trap & harness Ripley 12 months 1879 Jan John SNIBSON 35 striker & rogue & vagabond intent to commit felony yes 4 months hard labour 1879 Jan George WALKER on bail commission agent/embezzlement at Brampton not guilty 1879 Jan Francis WOOD on bail station master at Dore/embezzlement from Midland Railway Co. Dronfield not guilty 1879 Jan John FEARN 45 stealing filly at Bradbourne 5 months 1879 Jan John FEARN 17 stealing filly at Bradbourne acquitted 1879 Jan Ann COOPER 39 hawker stealing shawl at Chesterfield 18 months hard labour 1879 Jan James PENDERGAS 20 slater stealing coat at Ilkeston 18 months 1879 Jan Annie CLAMP 18 servant stealing shawl at Church Gresley 6 months hard labour 1879 Jan Richard GALLAGHER obtaining pr boots by false pretence 3 months hard labour 1879 Jan John HARWOOD 24 collier stealing 13 fowls Eckington yes Nottingham 12 months hard lbour 1879 Jan Thomas HARWOOD 27 collier stealing 13 fowls Eckington 6 months hard labour 1879 Jan Enoch KING 23 collier stealing 13 fowls Eckington yes Nottingham 12 months hard labour 1879 Jan Eli ROWLEY 25 collier stealing 13 fowls Eckington 9 months hard labour 1879 Jan Edward ADAMS 42 lab stealing brass engine bearer from Butterley Co. yes Heanor 1876 9 months hard labour 1879 Jan John DESBOROUGH gamekeeper wounding John Whittingham at Chaddesden discharged & bound over to next Assizes 1879 Jan James BLOOMFIELD 35 painter stabbing James Parker at Winshill 12 months hard labour 1879 Jan Alfred CLAYTON 19 collier cutting & wounding Enoch Martin at South Normanton 3 months hard labour 1879 Jan Israel CHAMBERS 60 collier indecent assault on Ellen Lacey age 8 yrs at Eckington postponed to next Assizes 1879 Feb Henry WARHURST 27 coal merchant indecent assault on Elizabeth Ellen Roe at Derby discharged/Assizes 1879 Feb John J. GREATOREX 27 farmer stealing 23s & bag Derby yes 8 months hard labour 1879 Feb John DESBOROUGH 40 gamekeeper wounding John Whittingham at Chaddesden not guilty 1879 Feb Joseph Luke BALL 23 collier stealing silver watch & guard Blackwell yes 8 months hard labour 1879 Feb Thomas PERKINS 26 clerk stealing postal letters containing money etc Derby 5 years penal servitude 1879 Feb George Frederick ELLIOTT 16 mill hand stealing money,4 silver watches,7 gold rings,cloth Glossop yes 6 months hard labour 1879 Feb William Henry JONES 24 lab stealing coat,2 prs trousers at Clown 3 months hard labour 1879 Feb Joseph DAWES 34 lab robbing & wounding Thomas Mannion at Chesterfield 12 months hard labour & 21 lashes 1879 Feb Stephen MOSS 25 collier robbing & wounding Thomas Mannion at Chesterfield 12 months hard labour & 21 lashes 1879 Feb Henry KNIGHT 23 lab puddler burglary/stealing money Derby yes 12 months 1879 Feb Myles MacDONALD 23 puddler burglary/stealing money Derby not guilty 1879 Feb John SIDDALL manslaughter of Francis Bamkin unfit to plead as insane 1879 Feb Sarah Ann WATSON on bail stealing gold jewellery Derby sentence deferred 1879 Feb Rachel WATSON on bail stealing gold jewellery Derby sentence deferred 1879 Feb Patrick KENNEDY 36 lab murder of wife Margaret Kennedy at Chapel St. Derby 15 years penal servitude 1879 Feb Edwin SELVEY aka HALL 28 collier stealing £ 26 in gold,silver watch,silver albert Tibshelf 12 months hard labour 1879 Feb Israel CHAMBERS 60 collier indecent assault on Ellen Lacey age 8 yrs at Eckington 2 years 1879 Feb James HIGHAM on bail perjury at Chesterfield 2 months hard labour 1879 Feb John KIRKHAM on bail perjury at Chesterfield 10 months hard labour 1879 Feb Eliza WELLS on bail perjury at Alfreton 9 months hard labour 1879 Feb John CAREY 24 sawyer stealing pr gloves Derby yes 9 months House of Correction 1879 Feb Roger HAVENHAND 28 collier stealing silver watch & gold watch guard Eckington 3 months hard labour 1879 Feb Samuel RODGERS 26 collier stealing silver watch & gold watch guard Eckington 3 months hard labour 1879 Feb George Henry SHAW on bail obtaining money by false pretence at Blackwell not guilty 1879 Feb George HANCOCK senior 65 sawyer stealing 2 horse rugs at Eckington not guilty 1879 Feb William OAKES on bail wounding Inspector John Cowley at Heanor 18 months hard labour 1879 Feb Samuel DUROSE 33 collier wounding Inspector John Cowley at Heanor 5 years penal servitude 1879 Apr Charles JAMES landlord Old Dog Walsall on bail stealing a sovereign acquitted/Borough Sessions 1879 Apr William DALLISON stealing pr boots 9 months 1879 Apr Benjamin BOWMAR stealing £ 5 acquitted 1879 Apr John FLANAGAN break & enter Star Tea Shop Sadler Gate Derby 6 months 1879 Apr Frances Emma HURD stealing gold ring & silver watch 12 months hard labour 1879 Apr Edward STEVENSON stealing mutton 6 months hard labour 1879 Apr William TOPLIS keeping disorderly house 4 months 1879 Apr Hannah TOPLIS keeping disorderly house 4 months 1879 Apr William SIMPSON keeping disorderly house 4 months 1879 Apr Edward JONES stealing coal 1879 May Susan NEEHAM 64 hawker uttering counterfeit coin Chesterfield 4 months hard labour 1879 May James ENDSOR 40 watchmaker stealing a watch West Hallam not guilty 1879 May John HARDING 22 bricklayer 13 prs boots,2 aprons,7s 6d from shop St Peter's St. Derby 12 months hard labour 1879 May Frederick BOSWORTH 22 farmer arson at Calke 12 months hard labour 1879 Jul William SMITH 64 agent fraud on Midland Railway Co. 12 months hard labour/Borough Sessions 1879 Jul Samuel FOSTER stealing copper & brass 3 months hard labour 1879 Jul George Henry PEGG stealing copper & brass 3 months hard labour 1879 Jul John PRICE 19 glass blower uttering counterfeit coin 6 months 1879 Jul James WILSON aka KENNEDY 19 collier stealing pr trousers Willow Row Derby 2 months 1879 Jul James WEBSTER 27 lab stealing pr trousers Willow Row Derby yes 12 months hard labour 1879 Jul John Henry MOSLEY 19 striker stealing pr trousers Willow Row Derby 2 months 1879 Jul Henry BOND 33 fitter indecent assault on Clara Tunnicliffe & Louisa Garratt acquitted 1879 Jul William GILBERT cattle dealer Ashbourne Rd.Derby stealing £ 16 15s 6d & bag no bill 1879 Jul Charles SHORE cattle dealer Little Chester stealing £ 16 15s 6d & bag no bill 1879 Jul Frederick BROOMHEAD on bail 20 plasterer's apprentice/attempted rape on Ruth Brooks age 14 yrs at Tideswell not guilty/Quarter Sessions 1879 Jul David ASHTON 38 cattle dealer sheep stealing Brampton 12 months hard labour 1879 Jul George WILFORD 23 collier stealing silver watch 6 months hard labour 1879 Jul Charles LILLEY boilermaker stealing silver watch Chesterfield 6 months hard labour 1879 Jul John SMITH 25 lab stealing a lamb Derby discharged 1879 Jul George ROSE 18 collier bestiality 6 months hard labour 1879 Jul Emma BROWN 36 stealing pr trousers at Ilkeston yes 6 months 1879 Jul Robert HALLIDAY 23 travelling draper's apprentice obtaining money by false pretence not guilty 1879 Jul John HALL stealing horse & trap Derby 12 months hard labour 1879 Jul Edward BLOGG 19 farm servant break & enter/stealing 6 sovereigns at Whitwell 6 months 1879 Jul Hannah WINN 36 stealing 3 prs boots Morledge Derby 4 months hard labour 1879 Jul Harriet E. HAMP 14 stealing 3 prs boots Morledge Derby 1 month hard labour 1879 Jul Mary SQUIRES 21 stealing 3 prs boots Morledge Derby 3 months hard labour 1879 Jul Henry SOUTHERINGTON killing Robert ALLDREAD at South Normanton 1 day 1879 Jul Charles NEWTON on bail killing William Stevens through wagon accident at Pentrich not guilty 1879 Jul John HOLBROOK miller & baker of Shottle damage to toll gate Belper & Ashbourne turnpike no bill 1879 Jul William Francis HALLAM libel against George Hilton no bill 1879 Jul Charles WAIN 47 lab stealing watch chain & guinea Derby yes 12 months hard labour 1879 Jul George MARPLES stealing an axe & 2 shirts Duffield 6 months hard labour 1879 Jul Gerald MAINWARING 22 murder found guilty recommended to mercy 1879 Jul William WOOD 49 stealing 36 lbs coal yes 6 months hard labour 1879 Jul Myles MacDONALD 24 puddler stealing silver watch & guard yes 9 months hard labour 1879 Jul William CLAYTON stealing hen & 8 chickens 6 months 1879 Oct Mary Ann HUTCHINSON aka BAILEY 28 dressmaker stealing silver watch 6 months hard labour/Borough Sessions 1879 Oct John Osborne SHAW 21 joiner stealing silk handkerchief,pr boots from shop Sadler Gate Derby 6 months hard labour 1879 Oct John LEWIS 21 fitter stealing silk handkerchief,pr boots from shop Sadler Gate Derby 6 months hard labour 1879 Oct John BROWN 26 painter, coloured man stealing 6 yds Japanese silk, 6yds satin,pr gloves 4 months hard labour 1879 Oct Alfred WORDSWORTH 51 lab on bail stealing pr boots Derby 3 months hard labour 1879 Oct William NEWMAN 25 lab stealing money from person Derby 6 months hard labour 1879 Oct Henry THOMAS 41 shoemaker stealing 3 coats,3 prs trousers Derby 9 months hard labour 1879 Oct Augustus COX 44 weaver stealing 3 coats,3 prs trousers Derby 9 months hard labour 1879 Oct Mary Ann SAUNDERS 16 servant stealing 87 tin checks true bill 1879 Oct Mary Ann SAUNDERS 16 attempt to poison her mistress Eliza Beeson no bill 1879 Oct Margaret FOSTER aka MILLER 33 charwoman stealing 2 silver forks,knife,2 napkins & rings Derby 5 years penal servitude/Borough Sessions 1879 Oct James THORPE stealing boots Sadler Gate Derby yes 18 months 1879 Oct James Millett PEARSON 32 iron works lab horse stealing from Morledge Derby 18 months 1879 Oct Charles FOWKES horse stealing from Morledge Derby not guilty 1879 Oct Richard John DESOIZA clerk obtaining 2 blankets by false pretence Derby not guilty 1879 Nov Henry SPINKS break & enter Primitive Methodist Chapel Whittington yes 15 months hard labour/Winter Assizes 1879 Nov Christopher GILL 37 farmer uttering forged cheque Derby 9 months hard labour 1879 Nov Thomas COOK 26 collier highway robbery Eckington not guilty 1879 Nov John GREAVES 26 collier highway robbery Eckington not guilty 1879 Nov George STRAW aka SHAW 32 fwk stealing tinned beef Belper yes 8 months 1879 Nov Samuel WALPOLE 27 lab shop breaking & stealing 50 lbs beef Derby yes 12 months hard labour 1879 Nov Frederick TIVET 26 painter shop breaking & stealing 50 lbs beef Derby yes 12 months hard labour