Year Date Name Surname age offence previous sentence notes session 1899 Jan John KELLY 32 lab stealing pr slippers from Pleasley Co-operative Society 3 months hard labour/Quarter Sessions 1899 Jan William HILL aka Harold HILL aka William GARDINER 18 lab stealing 24 sheep Axe Edge Burbage yes 6 months hard lab 1899 Jan George WARD 15 house breaking Great Longstone bound over in £ 10 1899 Jan John Thomas CLAYTON 39 false pretences/obtaining 16s 8d at Walton not guilty 1899 Jan William BOURNE 27 butcher stealing 2 mattresses at Derby yes 4 months hard labour/Borough Sessions 1899 Jan Thomas CANE 29 lab burglary/stealing overcoat etc Derby 6 months 1899 Mar Thomas STANLEY 45 shoemaker burglary/stealing tin salmon & 2s Ilkeston 6 months hard labour/Winter Assizes 1899 Mar John EADSON 43 lab attempt to commit suicide with billhook at Pleasley discharged 1899 Mar Thomas William GARDNER 32 butcher stealing overcoat,jacket,tobacco pouch Chesterfield yes 3 months 1899 Mar John Thomas PARKIN 28 lab false pretences/obtaining groceries at Newbold 4 months hard labour 1899 Mar Thomas MURPHY 40 baker stealing purse,machine needle,12s 11d Derby yes (professional thief) 3 years penal servitude 1899 Mar Eliza SHORT 23 domestic servant false pretences/obtaining 1 goose Derby yes 3 months 1899 Mar Edward BRADBURY 22 lab rape at Newbold 12 months 1899 Mar William BREALEY 16 indecent assault on Mary Fanny Seal under 13 yrs at Alfreton not guilty 1899 Mar John BUXTON indecent assault on 3 girls at Chesterfield 3 months 1899 Mar Thomas WINFIELD indecent assault on Sarah Skelton at West Hallam not guilty 1899 Mar Alfred MORTON 33 collier indecent assault on Martha Watson under 16 yrs at Pleasley not guilty 1899 Mar Emily GILBERT 22 of Harthill murder of unnamed illegitimate child at Youlgreave not guilty 1899 Apr Walter SMITH 21 collier burglary/stealing 2 jackets,pony & bottle of beer Newhall yes 12 months/Quarter Sessions 1899 Apr Joseph HARWICK aka RAMSDEN 16 pipe maker stealing gold watch & chain,pr boots Tapton yes 14 days 1899 Apr George BARRETT 30 muscian stealing £ 7 13s 6d from dwelling house Newbold 14 days 1899 Apr William MEAR 16 pit lad maiming a pit pony From Granville Colliery Co. Swadlincote not guilty 1899 Apr William SMITH 24 miner stealing watch in dwelling house Pleasley 1 month 1899 Apr Stephen ROONEY 16 pony driver false pretences/obtaining money from Stavely Iron & Coal Co. bound over 1899 Apr Enoch BROUGH 16 pony driver false pretences/obtaining money from Stavely Iron & Coal Co. bound over 1899 Apr John RAMSELL 21 collier stealing 2 metal watches,2 metal cases,2 braid alberts Newhall 2 months 1899 Jul Robert MARFLEET 20 greengrocer horse stealing Osmaston, Wirksworth & Hasland 12 months/Quarter Sessions 1899 Jul Thomas COOK 47 gardener attempted suicide at Chesterfield with razor bound over on £ 10 1899 Jul Thomas NADIN 22 lab assault on Rachel Emma Needham young woman at Flagg no bill 1899 Jul George WEBBER 23 joiner false pretences/obtaining kitchen ranges,water pipes,mantel shams,pans at Chesterfield not guilty 1899 Jul Charles POTTER 62 lab poisoning fish by putting lime into water at Radbourne yes 6 months hard labour 1899 Jul William MIDDLEWTON 48 lab poisoning fish by putting lime into water at Radbourne yes 6 months hard labour 1899 Jul Ellen MELLOR aka HAMMOND false pretences/obtaining £ 1 at Glossop yes 14 days 1899 Jul William CONNELLY 29 stone mason stealing set harness at Dronfield 1 month 1899 Jul Lucy BLAKE aka HUDSON false pretences/obtaining food & lodging Ilkeston sentence postponed 1899 Jul William OAKLEY 68 shoemaker of Hulland Ward false pretences/obtaining money at Ashbourne acquitted 1899 Jul John WEALE 47 bricklayer stealing £ 3 10s at Derby 3 months 1899 Jul Henry WILLIAMSON 28 marr of London horse dealer false pretences/obtaining a mare at Derby 6 months hard labour 1899 Jul Jesse WOODHEAD 31 fruiterer assault on Agnes Ann Rodgers at Clowne discharged/Assizes 1899 Jul Richard OSCROFT 39 miner wounding Eliza Friar at Pleasley 3 years penal servitude 1899 Jul Charles KERSHAW arson on straw stack South Normanton 3 years penal servitude (question as to prisoner's sanity) 1899 Jul George BRADFORD fowl stealing Brampton yes 12 months 1899 Jul Francis ADAMS wounding Joseph Brown at Hilton 15 months 1899 Oct James DONOVAN 35 general dealer horse stealing Chaddesden yes 5 years penal servitude/Quarter Sessions 1899 Oct Harry WHITTAKER 19 3rd Batt. Grenadier Guards break & enter Kirk Ireton yes 2 months 1899 Oct William RYAN 16 hawker stealing purse & money Chesterfield yes 1 month 1899 Oct Richard Harcourt SHARPE 15 hawker stealing purse & money Chesterfield 14 days 1899 Oct Samuel ROEBUCK 42 collier fraud as bailee of £ 3 17s & stealing jacket at Pleasley yes 6 months 1899 Oct Thomas UNDERWOOD 66 horse dealer attempt to commit suicide at Buxton 14 days 1899 Oct John IRWIN 25 groom persistant drunkenness at Bolsover discharged in the hope of prisoner reforming himself 1899 Oct John BURKE 61 lab stealing 1s & florin Whittington yes 12 months 1899 Oct William SADLER 39 lab stealing saw from Belper Union 9 months hard labour 1899 Oct John BRUNT 45 lab malicious damage to windows New Mills 9 months hard labour 1899 Oct John Thomas COOPER 59 draper false pretences/obtaining 2s at Clowne 2 months hard labour 1899 Oct John HANSBORO aka HOWLEY 25 commission agent stealing purse & 5s at Chesterfield races 2 months 1899 Oct William STEEL 36 clerk stealing purse & 5s at Chesterfield races 6 weeks 1899 Oct Thomas CHAPMAN 19 hawker stealing purse & 5s at Chesterfield races 3 months 1899 Nov Mary RILEY 50 stealing 12 yds linsey flannel,3 prs stockings Ilkeston yes 8 months/Autumn Assizes 1899 Nov George Henry ANTCLIFFE 24 lab stealing pr trousers Ilkeston yes 12 months 1899 Nov John WALTERS 24 lab stealing pr trousers Ilkeston yes 12 months 1899 Nov Frederick Gilbert SMITH 25 bigamy 6 months 1899 Nov William ACRAMAN 50 widr vicar of Crich indecent assault of Ada Flint age 14 yrs at Crich 2 years 1899 Nov Henry INCH coachman on bail wounding Herbert Mitchell at Brampton 18 months 1899 Nov Hannah CLARKE 18 servant on bail uttering counterfeit coin at Chesterfield not guilty 1899 Nov George BLOOMFIELD 39 lab on bail wounding Wm Hudson at Horsley Woodhouse 18 months 1899 Nov Thomas James SCOTT on bail indecent assault on Helen Whitehouse at Alvaston not guilty 1899 Nov Fred SAMSOM 35 collier perjury at Chesterfield Petty Sessions not guilty 1899 Nov Lizzie MEE perjury at Chesterfield Petty Sessions 6 months 1899 Nov William MEE 24 collier perjury at Chesterfield Petty Sessions 6 months 1899 Nov Dale GILBERT 29 collier perjury at Chesterfield Petty Sessions 3 months 1899 Nov Charles PENROSE 28 lab of Derby stealing silver watch Ilkeston Fair not guilty 1899 Nov Thomas WILSON 31 lab of Derby stealing silver watch Ilkeston Fair not guilty 1899 Nov Kate DOWD 43 marr hawker of Derby receiving silver watch Ilkeston Fair 3 months 1899 Nov William FLEMING 19 of Derby burglary Derby yes 18 months 1899 Nov John FREEMAN 21 wood carver of London 12 months 1899 Nov George CALLADINE 18 lab shop breaking/stealing coat,vest etc Derby yes 12 months 1899 Nov Thomas JONES 31 collier stealing muffler,2 sovereigns,2 half sovereigns Pleasley 6 months 1899 Nov Mary CONROY 49 servant stealing clothing & £ 5 from master Wm Eades at Calver 6 months 1899 Nov Edward Halsall Edmund SEAGER 47 general's son stealing gun Brampton 18 months 1899 Nov James WAINWRIGHT burglary at Matlock yes 18 months 1899 Nov James HARRISON 39 lab shop breaking Youlgreave gaoled 1899 Nov William JOHNSON 22 hawker break & enter Holy Trinity church Chesterfield & Calow Congrgational Chapel 9 months