Year Date Name Surname age offence previous sentence notes session 1897 Jan William FARNSWORTH 25 striker stealing silver watch & chain Chesterfield yes 9 months/Quarter Sessions 1897 Jan Frank DEVLIN stealing 2 prs boots Glossop yes 6 months 1897 Jan Arthur WILSON 22 lab stealing horsehair at Brampton 1 week 1897 Jan Charles BILLINGTON 26 hawker fraud as bailee of 8 £ 5 banknotes Chesterfield 2 months hard labour 1897 Jan Charles GRUNDY 41 collier highway robbery Eckington not guilty 1897 Jan Albert Edward GREGORY 23 collier highway robbery Eckington not guilty 1897 Jan John DOULON 34 hawker false pretences/obtaining 10s at Cromford 3 months 1897 Jan John MILLER 28 collier indecent assault on Annie Wetton married woman at Chesterfield 1 month hard labour 1897 Jan James SHAW 43 agent for book firm false pretences/obtaining food & lodgings at Ault Hucknall 1 month hard labour 1897 Jan George BANCROFT 42 stealing basket Derby 1 day 1897 Jan Annie FOSTER 31 housewife stealing ring Derby 1 month 1897 Mar Frederick NOBLE 39 lab sending threatening letter to police Belper 3 years/Winter Assizes 1897 Mar George GAUNT on bail perjury Chesterfield County Court not guilty 1897 Mar William ANDREWS house breaking Kirk Langley & Spondon yes 15 months 1897 Mar Thomas WALKER 22 lab false pretences/obtaining hat,coat,vest Chesterfield 2 months 1897 Mar Walter SMITH 19 collier 3 cases of Break & enter at Longwith,Pleasley,Bolsover 6 months 1897 Mar Alfred BRADLEY stealing tools Eaton & Alsop yes 12 months 1897 Mar Thomas Percy ELLIOTT 22 compositor stealing 3 bagatelle balls Derby yes 3 months 1897 Mar George TAYLOR 16 on bail indecent assault on Clara Shepherd under 16 yrs at Doveridge bound over of £ 10 1897 Mar Enoch NEALE perjury at Chesterfield Police Court 6 months 1897 Mar Fred SHARPE perjury at Chesterfield Police Court 6 months 1897 Mar George MARRIOTT perjury at Clay Cross 6 months 1897 Mar John TOMLINSON perjury at Clay Cross 6 months 1897 Mar William TOMLINSON perjury at Clay Cross 6 months 1897 Apr George HODGSON farmer wounding 2 lads at Brailsford 1 month hard labour/Quarter Sessions 1897 Apr William DUROE 26 collier stealing lamb Bolsover not guilty 1897 Apr James CUTRIS 24 collier stealing lamb Bolsover not guilty 1897 Apr James Charles MATHER young married man on bail indecent assault on Edith Marriott age 12 yrs & Ruth Emma Burden age 11 yrs at Stavely not guilty 1897 Apr Samuel BATE young man on bail wounding Thomas Troth at Eckington 1 month hard labour 1897 Apr Walter BAILEY 35 blacksmith stealing overcoat & jacket Yeldersley not guilty 1897 Apr Alfred JOHNSON aka Reginald REEVES 36 ship's cook false pretences/obtaining £ 15 at Heanor 12 months 1897 Apr Thomas PARKIN false pretences/obtaining 4s at Ripley 6 weeks 1897 Apr William HUNT on bail wounding Thomas Williams with shovel at Yeldersley 1 day gaol costs £ 3 1897 Apr Henry ANTCLIFFE 51 stealing tools Eckington 3 cases 2 months each charge 1897 Apr Emma ROWBOTHAM 18 domestic servant attempt to commit suicide by taking laudenum Killamarsh 1 day gaol 1897 Apr William Haywood HOLLAND 29 draper stealing goods Eckington 3 months hard labour 1897 Apr Walter BELL 30 traveller embezzling 15s Chesterfield 3 months 1897 Apr Frank BRIGGS 36 highway robbery at Eckington 6 months 1897 Apr Mary CONROY 36 highway robbery at Eckington 3 months 1897 Apr John COOPER 25 highway robbery at Eckington 6 months 1897 Apr John Joseph ROBINSON 23 lab false pretences/obtaining leg mutton Derby 6 months 1897 Jul Benjamin MARSHALL 30 collier tendering counterfeit coins Ripley yes Nottingham 6 months hard labour/Quarter Sessions 1897 Jul Harriet Jane ALLCOCK 17 false pretences/obtaining several prs boots & shoes Heanor bound over 1897 Jul Hannah WHITEHEAD 30 housekeeper married woman/attempt to commit suicide in mill dam Whitwell 1 month 1897 Jul George EDLING 22 lab stealing 3 lbs horsehair Brampton 6 months hard labour 1897 Jul George WHEATLEY 26 collier wounding Henry Rigley & John Bonam at Ilkeston by shooting 12 months hard labour 1897 Jul Moses BOSTOCK 33 baker tendering counterfeit coins Ripley 12 months hard labour 1897 Jul Joseph SHARPE 45 boot rivetter indecent assault on Florence Spooner age 3yrs 6m at Hasland 2 months hard labour 1897 Jul James MELLOR on bail indecent assault on Mary Ann Soresby age 6 yrs at Ashbourne not guilty 1897 Jul James Joseph RYAN 18 insurance agent house breaking Alfreton not guilty 1897 Jul John WHEWELL 62 factory hand stealing cigarettes Derby 1 month/Borough Sessions 1897 Jul Arthur FOSTER aka VALLANCE aka COLLINS aka GOOD seaman stealing money,cufflinks,studs,knife etc Derby yes 1895 Forfar 9 month hard labour 1897 Oct Joseph PLEASANCE 46 attempting to commit suicide at Tapton by drowning 1 day/Quarter Sessions 1897 Oct Edward BURROWS 24 lab horse stealing Glossop yes 12 months 1897 Oct William SADDLER 37 lab stealing 2 cross cut saws from Belper Union yes 6 months 1897 Oct Solomon BOWLER 46 lab stealing set of cricket stumps & bat Brampton 12 months 1897 Oct John WHEWELL 62 pedlar attempted suicide by stabbing with knife Matlock sent to gaol during her Majesty's Pleasure 1897 Oct John PARKER 27 lab indecent assault on Edith Hudson at Littleover 12 months 1897 Oct Thomas LOWE 63 collier indecent assault on Mary Violet Lowe at Tapton not guilty 1897 Oct Alfred AYRE 16 lab wounding George Black at Ednaston bound over 1897 Oct Charles STATON wounding Rose Staton at Eckington 2 months 1897 Oct Annie WILSON 21 shop assistant false pretences/obtaining food & lodgings 1 month 1897 Oct William THORNTON stealing 3s 6d Whittington 12 months 1897 Oct Frank CLARKE stealing 3s 6d Whittington 6 months 1897 Oct Alfred SMITH of Derby appeal against poaching conviction appeal upheld 1897 Oct Lionel BLENCOWE railway booking clerk Ilkeston embezzlement 3 months hard labour 1897 Oct Jabez SMITHURST young man stealing lady's gold guard Bolsover not guilty 1897 Oct George SWAIN young man stealing ladys gold guard Bolsover not guilty 1897 Oct David ELLIOTT wounding his wife Mary Ellen Elliott at Wirksworth 14 days 1897 Oct William Owen DEVIN 29 tanner indecent assault on Mary Ann Gibbons & Mary Ellen Berresford at Tapton 9 months 1897 Oct Robert JONES 56 schoolmaster stealing 14s 6d Ashbourne 2 months 1897 Oct Richard William ROLLETT 23 horse slaughterer wounding Thomas Stone of Derby at Horsley Woodhouse not guilty 1897 Oct Thomas William PIDCOCK 39 stone mason wounding Richard Waterfall with pr scissors at Thorpe 12 months hard labour 1897 Oct Florence SLACK 17 servant stealing pr boots etc 2 months/Borough Sessions 1897 Oct James KELLY 23 lab stealing 6d & handkerchief from person not guilty 1897 Oct James Earl ROBINSON of London false pretences/obtaining 10s 7d from Midland Railway Co. not guilty