HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JANUARY 14TH 1871
HORKSTOW - A Christmas tree sale, which has been such an attraction for the past years is announced for the 17th and 18th.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JANUARY 28TH 1871
The soup kitchen, which is at Mr. C. Canty’s, Whitecross Street, is doing much good in the town.
Fifty gallons of good soup is distributed to two hundred recipients every Tuesday and Friday.
Subscriptions are received at the bank and at Messrs. Tomlinson and Crowder’s in aid of this really excellent institution.
Mr. Richard F. Smith, recently apprentice with Messrs. Tomlinson and Crowder has passed the preliminary examination of the pharmaceutical society.
POLICE - WEDNESDAY - Robert Cressey, labourer, Barton was sentenced to one month’s hard labour in Kirton House of Correction for a violent assault on his stepson, 11 years old.
Mr. Mason defended the accused.
Geo. Tyers, a vagrant on remand, was committed to Kirton Prison for 21 days for begging at Barton.
P.C. Simons proved the case.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 4TH 1871
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY JANUARY 30TH - John Smith, alias ‘Fly Jack’ was charged with trespassing with a gun in the daytime, on lands in the occupation of Thomas Pocklington in the parish of South Ferriby on the 14th inst.
Mr. H.E. Mason was for the defence.
Police Constable Thomas Hudson deposed that he was on duty on the day in question and saw defendant ranging the land named and also a field in the occupation of Mr. Walker and a plantation belonging to the Rev. Sutton.
Two witnesses were called to corroborate the evidence of the policeman.
The same defendant was also charged with coming from lands on which he had been unlawfully in pursuit of game.
The summons was laid under the Poaching Prevention Act.
The bench convicted the defendant on the first summons and fined him 40s and 22s costs.
The second summons was dismissed.
A CAUTION TO UNRULY BOYS - Two little boys named Jarvis were summoned by Richard Cavill, Barrow Road, for doing damage to his door by throwing stones thereat.
The boys were fined 6d each, damages 1s each and costs, together 15s 6d.
The soup kitchen which has now been in operation for several weeks is rendering excellent service to the poor people, especially when it considered that nearly half of the working population of the town has been out of employ during the six weeks which the frost has continued.
The soup kitchen, which is at Mr. Canty’s, Whitecross Street, is under the management of a number of gentlemen who take considerable interest in the subject and we are glad to learn that tickets may still be had from Messrs. Brown and son, the Rev. T. Ruston, Mr. Ball, stationer, the Bank and Messers. Tomlinson and Crowder.
Subscriptions are urgently wanted to continue the distribution of fifty gallons of soup every Tuesday and Friday.
The postal telegraph is now completed and in good working order.
The Central Press Telegrams are sent regularly on Market Days and an effort is being made to resuscitate the Market which has suffered so much from the cattle plague.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 11TH 1871
The soup kitchen will be closed after this week. Some hundreds of gallons of excellent soup have been given away to the deserving and undeserving poor. The latter having distinguished themselves by the usual grumble and persistence in finding fault if there was an occasion for it, which unfortunately occurred one week through a mistake.
Those to whom the soup has proved a charity are indebted to Mrs. Canty of Whitecross Street who generously prepared and gave away some 200 gallons before asking others for help.
It is suggested that a town committee be formed another Winter should it be decided to give soup.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 11TH 1871
BARROW - A few days ago at the Hull Police Court, Edward Barley, a boatman, was charged with an unprovoked assault upon Abraham Allison, Captain of the Barrow boat at Southend, Hull.
Mr. Summers was for the defendant.
His Worship fined the defendant 2s and costs which were paid and ordered him to find two sureties in £20 and to keep the peace for six month’s.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 18TH 1871
COUNTY COURT - SATURDAY - The were 37 plaints, 28 of which were disposed of by Mr. Registrar Brown, leaving only nine for the judges decision.
BROOKS v DAY - Two courts ago the plaintiff was nominated in an action which he brought against the defendant for damages done to his property by ploughing in a ditch, but the evidence then adduced was not satisfactory to His Honour’s mind.
The case was first called on today. Mr. Mason was for the plaintiff and Mr. Priestly was for the defendant.
The parties occupy adjoining farms at Wootton, near Ulceby and there was a ditch lying between the two properties as a boundary fence and a protection to the hedge, both of which it was agreed were the property of the plaintiff.
In 1870 the ditch was ploughed in by the defendant’s orders and damage done in consequence to [the] plaintiff’s property.
A number of witnesses were called for the plaintiff who stated the above facts.
The ditch was 22 chains long and the damage done would require an expenditure of 3s [sic] &c 3s per chain.
His honour gave judgement for the plaintiff at £3 3s but without costs.
EDWARDS v WESTERN - This was an adjourned case from the last court.
The plaintiff resides at New Holland and had purchased the business of the Co-operative Society and also the books.
In the latter, he stated, was a balance of 18s 4d shown against the defendant, for whom Mr. Mason appeared and urged that the plaintiff had no claim against the defendant.
His Honour, finding that there was no assignment of the debts to the plaintiff, said that he had no authority to sue.
Mr. Mason said there really was no just claim at all.
His Honour non-suited the plaintiff.
CODD v POCKLINGTON - Both parties are farmers and reside at Barton and the action was brought to recover £2 2s balance due on the purchase of some lambs in 1870.
Mr. Mason was for the plaintiff, who sold 18 lambs for £22 10s to the defendant and had received £10 in cash and £10 8s in wheat, leaving the balance now sought to be recovered.
The defence was that only 17 lambs had been received and that the defendant was to have 10s ‘luck money.’
His Honour gave judgement for 17s with costs.
RAMSEY v RANDALL - This was a claim for four month’s rent of a cottage at Winterton.
Mr. William Cross was for the plaintiff.
Defendant paid his rent monthly, but the tenancy was a yearly one as shown by the printed cards of the plaintiff and also the defendant’s rent book.
Defendant had taken the house on May-Day and left in November and paid the rent up to January, leaving four month’s rent to pay.
His Honour gave judgement for four month’s rent at 5s 4d per month with costs.
BRAY v GIBSON - This was a claim for £6 for the loss of pigs which plaintiff had bought off defendant and in a few days afterwards died.
His Honour said there was no blame attached to the defendant - the plaintiff ought to have taken better care of the pigs.
There must be judgement for the defendant but without costs.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - Robert Ellis, foreman to Mr. C. J. Calthrop of Horkstow Hall near Barton, was summoned for that he did on the 9th day of December 1870, unlawfully and wilfully injure the surface of a certain highway there situate, by then and there ploughing up a certain bridleway between the highway leading from Barton to Horkstow and from Barton to Brigg, all in the parts of Lindsey (North Lincolnshire).
The defendant pleaded guilty and said that he ploughed up the bridle road with intent to improve it.
Mr. Calthrop begged permission to address the Bench, which was granted.
He stated that his predecessor had not allowed it as a footpath but when he (Mr. Calthrop) got the farm, he found that there was a bridle road over that part of it and he treated it as dedicated to the public.
It was however, rough, full of rabbit holes, and the ploughing and narrowing of it had made a permanent improvement. The work was done before the frost and two month’s of bad weather had affected it.
Mr. Calthrop asked the Rev. C. W. Markham, one of the sitting magistrates, if it were not he who put the police up to the matter?
Mr. Markham promptly replied, “Yes I have; I thought it a great nuisance.”
The Chairman said if the defendant, who had pleaded guilty, would withdraw his plea they might hear the evidence.
P. C. Thomas Hudson was then sworn and deposed to the facts of the case in answer to Mr. Calthrop. This witness said the footpath would be better in future in consequence of the ploughing and harrowing.
George Vessey of Horkstow, Cattle Dealer, deposed that he knew the footpath when it was ploughed up but had not seen it since. In course of time it would be a great improvement. For riding purposes it was so at present, and for walking it would be a good and permanent improvement.
Mr. Calthrop said in defence of his servant, that what had been done was for the improvement of the bridle road as a footpath and not to deprive the public of their right of road. If he had done the latter he should have felt that he had done wrong, but what had been done was in good faith with the public. He trusted therefore that if there was a conviction - which he hoped there would not be - it would be one in which the smallest possible penalty would be imposed.
The magistrates retired and on their re-entrance into court the Chairman said, “We are of the opinion that the surface of the road is injured for the present; as to the future, that was a matter of opinion with which they had nothing to do.”
The defendant was then fined 1s and costs.
THE CASE OF THE CROWN v ROBINSON BORDER of Goxhill, which was an information by the Inland Revenue against the defendant for illegally shooting a pheasant, was adjourned to the next Petty Sessions on the application of Mr. Hammond, Supervisor of excise, to enable the defendant to compromise the matter.
The Chairman asked Mr. Hammond if that were a regular proceeding.
Mr. Hammond: “Quite so your Worship.”
The Chairman: “Then we can have no objection.”
BARROW - In our last week’s issue we reported a case of assault upon Abraham Alisson, Captain of the Barrow Boat. Instead of being ‘unprovoked,’ Captain C. Barley was subjected to considerable provocation in abusive language and menacing attitude towards his master and himself. The case was brought before the stipendiary magistrate so far back as December 15th, instead of a few days ago, as stated by our correspondent.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 25TH 1871
ESTATE SALE - On Monday afternoon at the George Hotel, the Ox Marsh Farm, situate at New Holland was offered by auction.
The farm, containing about 159 acres and 16 perches, bounded on the North by the Humber, east by the parish of Goxhill, and West by the lands of the devisees of the late T.G. Corbett Esq. and Mr. John Waters respectively and now in the occupation of Mr. George Mason.
Mr. Calthrop was the auctioneer.
The lot was put up by Mr. John Belton of Barrow at 40 guineas per acre.
Mr. Joseph Sergeant of Barrow was the next bidder and the bidding went up to £50; the latter was bid by Mr. Freer of London for the trustees of the late T.G. Corbett Esq. of Elsham Hall.
At this point, the bidding ceased and the reserve was declared at £60 per acre, being £9540 for the lot, at which price the lot was withdrawn.
Later in the evening the lot was sold by private contract to Mr. Corbett’s trustees.
Two lots of grass land in Barrow, lots 2 and 3, which were closes or parcels of grass land were put up, commencing at 40 guineas per acre, which were bid by Mr. Joseph Sergeant of Barrow.
Mr. Charles Earle of Hull bid £60 and the reserve was declared at £65 per acre, at which the two lots were withdrawn. Mr. Earle afterwards became the purchaser at, we understand, about the reserve price.
Mr. H.E. Mason was the vendor’s (Mr. J. H. Keighley) solicitor.
MARRIAGE FESTIVITY - On Tuesday evening a capital supper was given at The George Hotel to celebrate the marriage of Mr. G. K. Raby with Miss Platford, daughter of the late John Platford Esq. of Barton.
The company included the work people at the Ness brickyard, and the work people in the corn and malt business with which Mr. Raby is connected; also the tenantry of Mr. Raby.
The spread did ample credit to Host Story, and the cuisine of the “George” was equal to the standard of similar entertainments.
Covers were laid for nearly fifty guests. On the removal of the cloth, Mr. G. K. Raby presided, and Mr. Thomas Allison, Foreman of the corn and seed department, occupied the vice chair.
The chairman proposed “The Queen,” whose virtues as a Queen, lady and mother were esteemed wherever the English language is known.
The “Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family” was the next toast.
“The Army, Navy and Volunteers” was responded to by Mr. Dale, correspondent at Thornton Camp, in the absence of a member of the 12th Lincolnshire Rifle Corps.
The toasting of the evening, “Prosperity, long life and happiness to the Bride and Bride-groom” was proposed in suitable terms by Mr. W. G. Dale.
Mr Raby, on behalf of Mrs. Raby and himself, acknowledged the toast and acknowledges the pleasure which he would always feel in meeting the working men, and the intimate relation between employer and employed, which on every occasion he would do his utmost to preserve, as well as that community of interest which should ever exist between masters and men.
In conclusion he thanked the company for the kind manner in which the toast had been received.
The toast of “The Town and Trade of Barton” was responded to by Mr. John Stow in a neat speech.
The health of Mr. James Raby was proposed in a few well timed observations by Mr. G. S. Morley and acknowledged on behalf of Mr. Raby by the chairman.
“The health’s of Mr. Allison, the vice chairman, Mr. Burley, foreman of the brickyard, and the farm foreman” were the next toasts.
“The Host and Hostess” was replied to by Mr. Story.
There was some excellent vocal and instrumental music during the evening.
Miss Story presided at the pianoforte.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MARCH 4TH 1871
Petty sessions - Monday - John Stuart, a well dressed young man, was charged with deserting from H.M.S. Bristol, now at Portsmouth.
The prisoner was found under suspicious circumstances at the village of South Ferriby, three miles from Barton, by P.C. Hudson who apprehended him in the night-time and afterwards taxed the prisoner with being a deserter from the navy, which the prisoner admitted; he also today admitted the offence and was ordered to be sent to the nearest ship in commission; The Invincible - Capt. Hope.
A VAGRANT TEARING UP HIS CLOTHES - John Smith (who was covered with a rug), a vagrant, was charged with unlawfully wandering abroad and begging alms at the parish of Barrow on the 25th of February.
The case was proved by P.C. James Brown who apprehended the prisoner at New Holland whither he had pursued him.
Supt. Thorsby said that the prisoner had torn up the whole of his clothes into bits, even his shirt.
The accused was sentenced to one month’s hard labour in the house of correction.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MARCH 11TH 1871
TWELFTH LINCOLNSHIRE RIFLE CORPS - Sergeant Houghton is the best shot of the company and will represent it at Wimbledon this year.
Corporal Sweeting, having won the long range monthly challenge cup six times, the cup has now become his property.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MARCH 18TH 1871
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - Charles Balsom was charged with being drunk and indecent on March the 5th.
P.C. Swaby proved the case.
Prisoner was fined 5s and 10s 6d costs.
Charles Fletcher of Rampton near Retford, Clockmaker; fined 1s and 22s 4d costs for getting in a railway carriage at New Holland while the train was in motion on the 17th of February.
James Tate was charged with vagrancy at Goxhill on the 11th instant and was sent to prison for 21 days.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES APRIL 1ST 1871
SUDDEN DEATH - A telegram was received yesterday announcing the sudden death of Mr. Samuel Woodmancy, of this town, son of Mr. George Woodmancy, corn merchant, formerly of Brigg; which painful event occurred at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, wither Mr. Woodmancy went only a few days ago for the benefit of his health.
Mr. Woodmancy was engaged in the corn trade in one of the largest offices in High Street, Hull.
He leaves a widow and one child to lament his loss.
The deceased was about 28 years old and was greatly esteemed.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - ALLEGED ASSAULT AT NEW HOLLAND - Jane Hoodlass, a married woman, charged Thomas Lamming with assaulting her.
Complainant said the defendant came to the pump for water, his right to do so being indisputable.
He said to complainant, “The old cow is not dead it is getting better.”
Complainant said she never wished it to be dead. Defendant said she did.
The Chairman: “Are you a witch?”
Complainant: “No sir.”
The Chairman: “Then you cannot have done any harm to his cow even by his showing?”
Complainant said the defendant used foul language to her and acted indecently, in a manner which she described, and followed her to her own door and then spat in her face.
Cross examined by the defendant: Did take the poker out to him but did not swear or use bad language.
Defendant denied spitting in the complainant’s face and said that he might say something which was neither polite nor pleasant.
A witness named George Dawson was called for the defence.
He said that he was coming from his garden when he heard Hoodlass say, “The old cow is getting better mother and you wish it to dee,” (die).
They then called each other liars and the complainant said the defendant’s linen was dirty, when defendant said he would show her. He did nothing indecent nor did he spit in her face.
Case dismissed, complainant to pay costs.
Miss Rachel Brice was summoned for the non payment of two poor rates for the parish of Barton, amounting to the sum of 10s 9d.
Mr. W. Morris proved the laying of the rates and demand for the payment.
Miss Brice said she was over-rated and had never refused to pay.
Mr. W. Morris said that he had demanded payment several times.
Miss Brice: “I am rated twice as high as my neighbours.”
The Rev C. Markham: “What are you?”
Miss Brice: “I am an independent lady.”
Miss Brice cross examined the collector at considerable length, and stated that she had been to Brigg before the committee of the Union, but she was not dealt fairly with.
The Chairman: “You are going again, and if you have then cause of complaint you can appeal to this Bench.”
Miss Brice: “I will do so.”
An order was then made for payment of the rates and costs amounting to 19s 3d.
Miss Brice: “I will pay willingly here, but not to Mr. Morris.”
The money was then paid.
AT THE WRONG SHOP - Mary Riley, a tramp, was charged with begging at the Police Station on Saturday night.
P.C. Swaby proved the case.
The defendant said she thought it was the residence of the Catholic Priest, and the magistrate’s rooms the chapel (laughter). She had come from Chatham.
The accused was sent to prison for 14 days.
Emma Evans a companion of the prisoner, who had run into the same error, was then charged with begging.
The defence was the same as the last case.
The accused was likewise sent to prison for 14 days.
FATAL ACCIDENT - John Newboult, who a short time ago worked for Mr. Isaac Hunter of Barton, and lived in Old Market Lane, was accidentally killed at Hull by falling through a hatchway in Mr. ?. P. Dixon’s seed warehouse, 75, High Street, on Monday.
Deceased was for many years a most consistent member of the Wesleyan society at Barton.
The body was interred at the cemetery at Barton on Thursday.
At the inquest, held at Hull Police Station on Tuesday, Eugene Metcalf said deceased was 37 years of age and he was working with him at the time when he fell.
Deceased was on the second floor of the warehouse.
There was a hatchway in each floor, one above another, and there was a gas burner against each hatch way.
Deceased asked for a match to light the gas, and he (witness) handed to him, a lamp.
While deceased was lighting the gas, Stephenson, one of the workmen opened the hatch door and as soon as he had done so, deceased stepped back to return the lamp, and stepping into the hatch, fell backwards to the ground floor, a distance of 26 feet.
Deceased had worked at the warehouse eight weeks and was a steady and sober man.
Mr. Lowther, Surgeon, was sent for but deceased died before he arrived.
George Stephenson said that when he was just going to lift the door he said to deceased, “I will open the hatch.”
Deceased knew the hatch was to be opened.
The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death.”
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES APRIL 15TH 1871
HAWKING WITHOUT A LICENSE - On Monday last at the Police Court, Bartholomew Burke was charged before Major Taylor with hawking a horse and cart at Ulceby, that morning, without a license.
The case was prove by P.S. Foster and the defendant was fined £2 10s being the mitigated penalty of £10 with 10s 6d costs.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - A petroleum license was granted to Mrs. Alcock, of Ulceby.
There was no criminal business at these sessions.
POLICE COURT - Eden Archbuilt, a tramp, was charged with unlawfully wandering about and begging alms at the parish of Barrow-on-Humber.
Police Constable James Brown proved the case.
Sentenced to 21 days hard labour.
Wednesday: Robert Winter, a gipsy was charged with unlawfully permitting his two horses to stray on the highway at Blackmon’d Lane.
P.C. Swaby deposed that the horses were straying on the road in question, while the gipsies were encamped in a field belonging to Mr. William Hesseltine, at Beaumontcote in the parish of Barton.
Fined 2s with 4s costs.
Benjamin Lee, a gipsy, was also summoned for allowing a horse to stray on the highway at the same time and place.
P.C. Swaby also proved this case.
Fined 1s and 4s costs.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES APRIL 22ND 1871
BARTON COUNTY COURT - SATURDAY - FOWLER AND McCOLLIN v GILDING - The plaintiffs in this action are a firm of engineers at Hull, and sued the defendant, who resides at Winterton, for £42, being the balance of account for new engine made for and to the order of the defendant and two co-partners named Button and Thompson, who at the time of the alleged contract, carried on the business of machinists also at Winterton.
The case had been sent down to be tried at Barton, from the court of Exchequer, London.
Mr. Noble, of Barton and Hull appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. Roslin Hett for the defendant.
Mr. Noble, in opening the case, stated that in October 1867, the defendant Gilding, along with Messrs. Thompson and Button, who had been previously customers of the plaintiff’s, were in want of an engine, and had some correspondence with the plaintiffs.
All the parties visited Hull with the avowed object of looking out for an engine.
They told the plaintiffs that they had an old engine which they would wish to be taken as part of the purchase money of the new engine.
One of the plaintiffs went over to Winterton, and went with the defendant Gilding to Winteringham to see the old engine.
Mr. Fowler agreed to allow £50 for the old engine, to take a four month’s bill for £50 more and the remainder of the money, £110, to be paid within a year of that time.
The engine was delivered in due course, and Gilding met the bill of £50 by collecting the account due to the three for thrashing corn, himself having a machine which worked by the new engine.
The account thus collected amounted to £88.
In course of time, Thompson and Button, who carried on the separate business of machinists, quarrelled and got into law.
Ultimately the estate got into bankruptcy and the plaintiff then obtained a dividend from the estate of 12s. 7d in the pound, leaving the balance now sought to be recovered.
These facts were detailed in the evidence of numerous witnesses.
Mr. Henry Liversage, Solicitor, Winterton was then called to speak to [sic} a conversation he had with the defendant Gilding, at Winterton, soon after the squabble with Thompson and Button, in which he admitted his liability for the engine but said he was not a partner.
Edmund Gill Button was also called on the same side and stated that the £50 bill was paid out of the earnings of the engine and machine - £88 of which had been collected by the defendant who kept half of the profit, as he found the machine.
It was proved that the signatures to the £50 were those of all the three parties.
His Honour said at the time when the purchase of the engine was made, the defendant was not a partner, and he had done nothing subsequently to make himself one.
Mr. Noble then called Mr. Fowler, one of the plaintiffs, who said that the defendant had always been treated as a partner. He came over to Hull several times on that business.
His Honour said, after examining the books, he found that the engine was debited to Button and Thompson and not to the three individuals - Gilding, Button and Thompson.
Bills were put in showing part settlements had been made for the use of the engine in the names of Gilding, Button and Thompson.
His Honour, however, said that there was really no connection of Gilding with the matter further than of a sympathetic friend of Button and Thompson, and gave judgement for the defendant.
ALLISON v HALL - This was a claim for £10 balance of account for building a house.
Plaintiff is a builder at Stallingborough near Grimsby, and the defendant, for whom Mr. Mason appeared, is a veterinary surgeon at East Halton, near Ulceby.
The defence was that although the money was honestly due, the plaintiff had sued the wrong party, as the work was done for the defendant’s father, since dead, and the defendant was not his father’s executor.
Plaintiff produced a letter to the court from the defendant, promising to pay.
Mr. Mason after that could not carry the defence further.
His Honour then gave judgement for the plaintiff with costs, to be paid in a week.
SAMUEL GIBSON v RACHAEL BRICE - This was a claim of sixpence for mending a box.
Plaintiff is a carpenter and builder and agricultural implement maker at Barton, and the defendant, a lady of independent means.
The action appeared to be the result of a lover’s quarrel between the parties.
When the case was called by the registrar the defendant did not appear and judgement went by default. Shortly afterwards Miss Brice stepped into court, giving the official the benefit of her advice.
GOODWIN v FOWLER - In this case the plaintiff, a grocer and draper at West Halton, sued the defendant, a labourer at the iron works for £2, balance of account for goods sold and delivered.
The defence was that the charges were excessive.
Plaintiff: “They always are when the debt is left standing for years,” (laughter).
Judgement for the plaintiff.
PEARSON v PEARSON - In this case, John Pearson of Barrow sued the defendants Thomas Pearson and Wm. Sanderson Pearson of South Ferriby for £6 10s, being 10s per week from 2nd January to 27th of March 1871, secured by the plaintiff under the will of his father.
Some years ago the elder defendant sold his property on which the annuity was payable to the plaintiff.
A joint bond was made in which both the defendants were made liable for the payment of the money.
His Honour gave judgement for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with full costs. To be paid in a week.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MAY 13TH 1871
POLICE - THURSDAY - WILLIAM ROBINSON, a tall, powerfully made man, apparently about 40 years of age, was charged with stealing from the person of John Dixon, labourer from Ulceby, a wash leather purse and 30s, the property of the said John Dixon.
The robbery was effected in Fleetgate, near the railway station.
The prisoner was cleverly apprehended by P.C. Hudson who was in plain clothes, and was mistaken by the prisoner for a clergyman; 25s was recovered by the police and also the purse.
His worship remanded the prisoner (in custody) to Monday next.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - There were an unusually large number of summons cases today for hearing, some of which attracted considerable interest in the court, and one case of felony which was of a peculiar character and was remarkable for the small monetary value attached to it, viz, stealing a hen’s egg, a kind of property which is sufficiently important to make it a ward of legislation by providing for it adequate protection.
There were four cases of wilful damage, injury and spoil to tiles in a brickyard at Barton.
Mr. Calthrop of Horkstow Hall charged one of his men servants with assaulting him on the 23rd of April.
The defendant pleaded guilty, and in consideration that the case was not pressed the magistrates inflicted a penalty of £1 and costs.
The same defendant was fined 1s, damages 1s and costs 8s 6d for breaking a square of glass at Horkstow Hall.
WILFUL DAMAGE AT A BRICKYARD - John Brigg the younger, pleaded guilty to doing damage, injury and spoil to the amount of 3d to certain pantiles at Rodger’s and Co’s brickyard and was ordered to pay 10s 9d including fine and costs.
John Vincent for the same offence was ordered to pay 6s 9d damages and costs, as was also, Charles Spilman.
In the latter case the defendant was allowed a week for the payment, the boy’s parent being poor.
Frederick Revell was charged also with the same offence but there was no evidence to prove it and the case was dismissed.
George Bray of Barrow was charged by the surveyors of the highways of the parish of Barrow, with doing damage by allowing two horses to graze on the highways in that parish. The case was proved by William Naylor and the defendant was fined 3d with 3d damages and 15s 6d costs which were paid.
WOMEN’S QUARRELS AT WOOTTON - Mary Hare was charged with assaulting Elizabeth Peart on Friday last.
There appeared to have been faults on both sides and the magistrates dismissed the case.
David Bilton, a little boy who had taken Mrs. Peart’s side in the quarrel, was charged with assaulting Mrs. Hare. Case dismissed.
Elizabeth Brocklesby was fined 6d and 4s costs for allowing her cow to stray on the highways at Wootton. Police Sergeant Foster proved the case.
STEALING AN EGG - James Allen, a tramp, on remand was charged with stealing a hen’s egg from the shop of Abraham Allison, at Barrow, on Wednesday, the 3rd of May.
The prisoner went into the prosecutor’s shop and when being served by the prosecutor was seen by Mrs. Allison to steal the egg in question.
Prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month’s hard labour.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MAY 20TH 1871
POLICE COURT - MONDAY - Wm. Turner, labourer, was charged with assaulting Edward Twidale at Mr. Collingwood’s brickyard at Barrow Haven, on the 11th May inst.
The parties were at work between six and seven o’clock on Thursday morning, when some conversation took place between Twidale and young Collingham [sic], having reference to the defendant, when, as the complainant stated, the defendant struck him three blows, two of which were on the body and the other and last one on the head, by which he fell on a plank.
Charles Collingwood gave corroborative evidence.
The defendant said that the complainant and he quarrelled about the price for wheeling clay; he had 1s 2d per 1,000; and the defendant said he would dock one penny per 1,000, and he (the defendant) said he might do the work himself.
A little girl, ten years old, daughter of the defendant said that her father only used his open hand to the complainant, who had been squaring to fight her father.
The magistrates fined the defendant 6d and 17d costs, which was paid.
BEGGING AT BONBY - Thomas Wilson, a tramp, was charged with unlawfully wandering abroad and begging alms at Bonby, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided.
The prisoner said he was a native of Nottingham, wither he was making his way from Sunderland.
Committed for 21 days.
William Robinson of Hull, described as an associate of thieves was charged on remand with stealing 30s in gold and silver coin from the person of John Dixon, labourer at Croxton, near Ulceby, at the parish of Barton St. Mary on the 10th inst.
The prisoner was hawking nuts at the statute fair, evidently making that a cover for his nefarious transactions.
The prosecutor who had been at the statute and was on his way to the railway station, and having a few minutes to spare, went into the Swan Inn.
The prisoner was there and had some nuts to sell.
The prosecutor had his own money in a wash leather purse.
A woman said to the prosecutor that the prisoner had his hand in the prosecutor’s pocket.
Prosecutor put his hand in his pocket and found that his money was gone. There was a sovereign and five or ten shillings in silver.
The prosecutor followed the prisoner and collared him and never lost sight of him.
Prosecutor addressing the prisoner: “You have picked my pocket and we are dead on to you.”
The prisoner then said to the prosecutor, “Hold your hand,” and put a sovereign and five shillings into the prosecutor’s hand and said, “That’s all I’ve got.”
When he had done so, the police constable who was in plain clothes, put the handcuffs on the prisoner.
Ann Elizabeth Roberts and Joseph Moody gave corroborative evidence.
Police Constable Hudson deposed to apprehending the prisoner near the White Swan Inn.
Prosecutor said the prisoner had robbed him of 30s.
Witness asked prisoner what he had done with the money.
He replied, “I’ve given it him back, he has liberated me and what have you to do with it?”
Witness put handcuffs on the prisoner and on the way to the Police Station prisoner said, “I’ve made a bad job of it, what shall I do?”
Witness replied, “I don’t know.”
Prisoner then said, “I did take the man’s money, but I had no chance of getting away so I gave it back to him; should I plead guilty?”
Witness told prisoner to use his own discretion.
Before witness told the prisoner that he was a police constable, the prisoner said, “I’ve paid the man 25s of my own money.”
Superintendent Thorsby deposed that on the 10th about seven o’clock, the prisoner was brought in by the last witness to the police station. On being searched he had 1s 5d upon him, a pewter measure and a few nuts.
The next day he was taken before a magistrate for a remand.
He then admitted the charge.
The prisoner was sentenced to three month’s hard labour.
THURSDAY - Hugh Carr, a hawker from Hull, was charged with being drunk and incapable at Barton on the morning of Wednesday at one o’clock.
P.C. Swaby proved the case.
Fined 5s and 10s costs. A week was allowed for payment of the money.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MAY 27TH 1871
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - James Phillipson of the Volunteer Arms, Barton, was charged with assaulting Robert Johnson at Barton on the 13th May.
The complainant is a tenant of the defendant and some dispute occurred about the giving up possession of a cottage tenement at Barton and on the defendant expostulating with the complainant, some high words were used, and ultimately, the complainant, on leaving the house, was slightly kicked by the defendant.
The magistrates thought that there were faults on both sides and the chairman in giving judgement said that the assault was a trivial one and fined the defendant 1s and costs.
James Skelton, a clerk in the sack department at New Holland was summoned for assaulting William Kirby at Barrow on the 9th of May.
On the night in question, the defendant was riding on his bicycle between New Holland and Barrow, on the footpath, and rode against the complainant (whom he knocked down) and two other men.
That was the assault complained of.
The defendant had been previously warned about riding on the footpath with his machine.
Fined 10s and costs, together 20s. which was paid.
A cross summons obtained by the defendant against the complainant was dismissed with costs against the defendant.
George Bray was summoned for wilfully permitting his horses to stray on the highway at Barrow.
P.C. James Brown proved the case.
The defendant said that he had the horses in a field at Thornton belonging to Mr. Joseph Sergeant and someone had turned them out.
The bench had heard the old story too often and fined him2s 6d for each horse and 4s costs or in default seven days at Kirton.
The defendant not wishing to visit Kirton Prison paid the fine and costs.
Benjamin Lee was charged that he, as a travelling gipsy, did unlawfully a camp on the Ox Marsh Lane in the parish of Barrow.
Fined 5s and 4s costs.
The same defendant was fined 4s and 4s costs for allowing his four horses to stray on the highway in the said Ox Marsh Lane.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JUNE 3RD 1871
SMALL POX INFECTION - The clerk called attention to the recently reported case in the public papers and as the party had left town and returned to Grimsby, no action would be taken therein should there be no case of infection.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JUNE 10TH 1871
COUNTY COURT - THURSDAY - There was a very large cause list this morning, seven of which were defended by solicitors. The deputy registrar (R. G. Brown Esq.) disposed of sixty undefended causes.
JAMES v WRAY - This was a claim for £21 for a beast. Plaintiff resides at New Holland and the defendant is a jobber at Hull. Mr. William Cross was for the plaintiff for whom the deputy registrar gave judgement for the full amount with costs in fourteen days.
JOHN OTTER v JOHN BURKHILL - Both reside at Winteringham and the claim was for £6 for rent of a cottage and garden. Mr. Mason was for the plaintiff. The defendant did not appear and judgement was given to the plaintiff, with costs.
H. J. TOMLINSON v WILLIAM TA(?)EY - This was a claim of £5 19s 6d for goods sold and delivered. The defendant resides at Burringham and did not put in an appearance, and judgement was given to the plaintiff.
DRINKALL v HANDSON - This was a claim for £3 0s 3d, for sheep sold and delivered. Judgement for the amount claimed.
RICHARD WALLER v GEORGE ANDERSON - This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a yeoman, to recover 15s damages for breaking land and trespass by throwing down a wall belonging to the plaintiff, by the defendant, a higgler.
Both parties reside at Barton.
The late Mr. Mackrill, solicitor, in 1843 bought a piece of land called Tangarth, at Barton, which he ultimately divided into two portions, the first of which was sold by his agent to the plaintiff in 1856. At that time the brick fences were sold to the plaintiff, and in 1859 the remaining portion was sold to the defendant by Mr. Mackrill’s trustees in bankruptcy.
The property last sold, abuts on the north side of Catherine Street in Barton. The last portion had been previously sold to Mr. W. M. Rawson, Mr. Mackrill’s brother in law, but it was never legally conveyed to him, and was seized by the trustees under bankruptcy.
Mr. Mason was for the plaintiff and Mr. J. H. Priestley B. A. (Nowell and Priestly), for the defendant.
The case occupied between three and four hours and considerable evidence was taken on both sides.
Mr. T. E. Green, land surveyor, Barrow, proved the admeasurement of the land as sold to the plaintiff, and that now in question, to be the same including the wall, which was 21 yards also to be the same.
Mr. Rawson, R. Hopper, R. Briggs, Mr. Bainbridge and the plaintiff, were severally called and examined on behalf of the plaintiff’s claims.
The defendant, Mr. W. N. Wynne, C.E. of Hull and Mr. Joseph Nowell, solicitor, Barton, were examined on behalf of the defence.
His Honour summed up the case and said that the plaintiff’s land was sold to him by Mr. Mackrill’s agent, Mr. Edward Johnson, and the deed showed that all the fence walls were included in that purchase and therefore must belong to the plaintiff, for whom he gave judgement.
OGLESBY v CARTER - This was a claim for £1 10s, for twelve days labour at 2s 6d per day.
Mr. Priestley was for the defendant, a currier, who had good answer to the action in the fact that he had engaged the plaintiff to assist him in his business, and he had not accounted for the money received on the defendant’s account.
His Honour declined to make an order.
WILLIAM STOW v THE STEWARDS OF THE BARTON NEW FRIENDLY SOCIETY - This action was to recover damage for an illegal distrait upon a growing crop of potatoes.
Mr. Priestley was for the plaintiff and Mr. Mason for the defendant.
The plaintiff who was a member of the same club as the defendant’s, and had farmed three roods of potato land under them at £1 per rood.
In September last the plaintiff was in arrears for rent and notice was sent to him. He asserted that he had spoken to Mr. John Lenning, the secretary, who is also one of the defendants, and promised to pay the rent on feast day, which was the first Tuesday in January 1871.
This was denied by the secretary, and in November after the plaintiff had left the town. The defendants entered the land, took up and sold the potatoes, after Mr. T. Lewis, plaintiff’s brother in law, had protested against the whole proceedings as illegal, and had given notice of the sale being illegal as well as the seizure.
His Honour gave judgement for the amount claimed, less £1 10s rent and taxes.
W. STOW v THE STEWARDS OF THE ABOVE SOCIETY - This was a claim for funeral allowances for the plaintiff’s wife; the same solicitors again appearing either side.
Mr. Mason took an objection that as the club was not enrolled, the defendant could not recover.
His Honour adjourned the case to the next court to consider the point raised by Mr. Mason.
JOHN WM. COOPLAND AND WM. LEANING v JOHN SHEARWOOD - The plaintiffs are butchers and slaughter men at Barton and were represented by Mr. Mason. The action was brought to recover £4 damages for the non delivery of ten sheep which the defendant had contracted to sell to the plaintiffs, and also to receive £1 for money paid on account of the sheep.
The defendant refused to deliver the sheep, and it was alleged that he had since sold them to another party.
The facts were not disputed and His Honour gave judgement for the plaintiff for £5 and full costs.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - There being only one magistrate present, several cases had to be adjourned to the next petty sessions. His worship heard the following case with closed doors:
Thomas O’Connor, keeper of the Temperance Hall and Hotel, was charged with committing an indecent assault upon a little girl named Julia Hudson, daughter of Benjamin Hudson, shoemaker, Finkle Street, Barton, on Sunday, the 21st of May.
Mr. Summers of Hull, watched the case for the prisoner.
The alleged assault took place in the commercial room of the Temperance Hall, where the girl, who is a servant of the prisoner’s, was sleeping.
The evidence is unfit for publication.
The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at Kirton Sessions.
THOMAS HARRISON was charged with stealing two trowels and two hammers, the property of Wm. Martinson, at Goxhill, on the 31st May.
The prisoner was remanded to Monday next.
THE LATE STREET NAMING - (To the editor of the Hull and North Lincolnshire Times) - Sir - Our authorities, no doubt after anxious deliberation, have decided upon the new names to be given to our streets.
After laborious research for novelty and appropriateness, they have bestowed upon one of the principle streets in the town the hitherto unheard of name of George Street.
The novelty and freshness of this interesting name will be highly appreciated in the town and the country at large.
Which of the four Georges it is intended to honour, or be honoured by, is difficult to say. The first of the name was ninety nine parts German and one part English; the second was so great an admirer of the fine arts and belles-lettres, that he declared he hated “boetry and bainting;” the third and best by his obstinacy, lost to England forever the then brightest jewel in the British Crown; and the fourth, although, “the first gentleman in Europe” was certainly unworthy of having a street, even of Barton, named after him. It cannot be called after any of these royal personages, so it must be because the George Inn stands at the corner.
Happy thought, but how much happier and gratified Barton would have been had the aforesaid Inn borne the sign of the Blue Pig. We might have then had a Blue Pig Street, which really would have been a novelty.
The next street (from Mr. Sleight’s shop to Mr. Mitchell’s corner) is to be called King Street; the dignified and right royal aspect of the street must have been the inspiration.
The street where the branch office of the Hull Banking Company has been established for some years, and has, consequently, become well known as Bank Street, is to revert to it’s ancient title of Holy-dyke.
The Holy-dyke itself has disappeared years ago, and the devotees who dipped in it (if ever there were any) have been dust for generations.
Whether the old name has been revived in anticipation of the time when pilgrims shall again flock to these so-called holy places, and shaven monks shall again say mass in St. Peter’s, is a mystery; but this revival, like the other changes, is a fair specimen of advancing backwards.
Awaiting with curiosity and some anxiety, a further instalment of our new local nomenclature, I remain sir, yours truly, A LOVER OF CHANGE (FOR THE BETTER).
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JUNE 24TH 1871
In compliance with a requisition, and in accordance with a now established custom, the principle tradesmen of this town, will again close their establishments on Friday next, to give all parties an opportunity of attending the review at Thornton.
During the thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon, the electric fluid struck Mr. Cook’s house in the Sheepdyke on the roof, passing down and under a portion of it, breaking 40 or 50 tiles and then passing down the chimney, sending with some considerable force the stuffing of the fireplace and a wooden screen secured to it, across the room. It eventually passed to the next house.
At Barton South Cliff the electric fluid struck the metals of the tramway on which the stone is conveyed to the Humber, throwing down a horse.
At Elsham and Worlaby some large trees were damaged by lightning.
In none of these cases we are happy to state did there occur any personal injury to those who were more than pleasantly near.
The turnip and potato land in the neighbouring wolds suffered considerably from the great fissures which the accompanying heavy rains made thereon.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - JOHN CANTY of Barton was summoned by Mr. Superintendent Thoresby for unlawfully permitting his horse to stray on the highway at Barton. The defendant did not appear. P.C. Swaby proved the case. The defendant was fined 2s and 4s costs.
John Hair of Barrow was summoned for permitting his three cows to stray on the highway at West Marsh lane, Barrow-on-Humber on the 22nd May last. P.C. James Brown proved the case. The defendant was fined 2s each cow and 4s costs.
ABRAHAM REVEL who did not appear, was charged with unlawfully permitting a mare and foal, his property, to stray on the highway in the parish of Killingholme. P.C. Simons proved the case. Fined 2s and 4s costs.
JOSEPH COLLINGWOOD of Barton, was fined 2s and 4s costs for allowing his horse to stray on the highway, on the 29th May. The defendant did not appear.
MR. GEO.BURTON, farmer, late of Beech Grove, Barton, was summoned for the non payment of a poor rate of £2 18s 4d and a highway rate of £5 10s 4d for the parish of Barrow upon Humber.
Mr Burton proved that he had left the occupancy of the farm before the rates were laid.
The magistrates taking the latter view of the matter, dismissed the case.
JAMES FOY, a Scotchman, was brought up in custody by two policemen, charged with being drunk and incapable in Fleetgate, on Sunday evening at 12.30. P.C. Swaby proved the case, and the defendant fined 5s and costs, in all 14s 6d. The money was paid and the defendant liberated, expressing his conviction that it was a “varry dale o’ money to pay for having a drop o’ the beer; he would have one pint mare, and then gang back to his work.”
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 1ST 1871
ACCIDENT AT THORNTON CAMP - A man named Broadbent, of Barton, who had the management of a steam bicycle at the volunteer encampment at Thornton Abbey, met with a serious accident there on Monday, from the falling of a chimney. It severely injured his head and ribs and he now lies in a critical state.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JUNE 3RD 1871
LOCAL BOARD - Last night (Friday). Present, W.H. Eddie Esq., Chairman, Messrs. W. Tombleson, J.E. Hall, W.H. Sissons, W. Waddingham, David Cobb and W. Dewey.
The minutes of the various antecedent committee meetings and of the general board meetings of May were read; in reference to the minutes of the Street naming and house numbering committee, they were confirmed ‘nem dis,’ save Messrs. W. Tombleson, Wood and Dewey who did not vote.
Market Street is to be called George Street, from the George Inn to Mr. Cape’s corner; and Old Market Lane - King Street, from Mr. T.G. Sleight’s shop to Mr. W. Matchell’s corner.
Bank Street will be discontinued in name and the ancient name of Holy Dike will be substituted for the length of the street from the George Inn to Trinity Road end.
The other alterations are unimportant.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 8TH 1871
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - The license of the Hope and Anchor, Ferriby Sluice was transferred from Mrs. Oswell (on her marriage) to Wesley Grant.
A petroleum License was granted to Mr. John Davy, grocer and draper, Goxhill.
EJECTMENT CASE - George Davy of Ulceby was summoned to show cause why he refused to give up possession of a cottage and garden at Ulceby, belonging to William Short of Ulceby.
Mr. J. H. Priestley, B. A. (Nowell and Priestley) was for the complainant and Mr. H. E. Mason for the defendant.
The facts were briefly these: The complainant purchased a house in which the defendant resided and gave to the defendant the usual notice to quit. In the meantime the parties met and as the complainant was about to buy some other property, the defendant said he hoped he would let him stop on, as he would not want two houses.
The written notice was taken as waived by the verbal agreement.
Considerable evidence was heard on both sides, and the magistrates refused to grant a warrant of ejectment. No order was made as to costs.
A. HOUGHTON was charged with stealing 5s from the person of CHARLES COX at Thornton Abbey on Saturday last.
Remanded for further evidence.
LINCOLN ASSIZES - THE FOLLOWING IS A CALENDAR OF PRISONERS FOR TRIAL AT THE ENSUING ASSIZES. - W. CARLISLE for bigamy at Barton upon Humber.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 15TH 1871
M. CLARK, Burnham Road, is now erecting at his own cost a very neat little Wesleyan Chapel in the valley near his Deepdale Farm. A similar building would be a great boon at Burnham, round which there is considerable straggling agricultural population and no place of worship nearer than Thornton.
POLICE COURT - WILLIAM WEST, groom was charged with embezzling certain monies, the property of Mr. George Brice, his master.
The prisoner had been employed to lead a horse named “Sir Edwin” round the country and while in that capacity had taken the opportunity of committing the offence of which he was charged.
Remanded till Monday.
JAMES TOY, working cooper, was charged with stealing a watch guard, the property of Mr. Thomas Grassby, by whom he had been employed. The prisoner after appropriating the property, sold it.
Remanded till Monday.
FRIDAY - JOHN SINCLAIR, shoemaker, who was released from Kirton Gaol on the 1st inst. After having undergone two years imprisonment for attempting to murder his wife, was apprehended on a warrant in the Market Place at noon, charged with threatening the life of his wife early that morning.
A second warrant was also issued against the accused for threatening the life of his brother in law, John Todd, labourer.
The prisoner who is evidently of unsound mind, will be brought up at 11 am today.
BARROW-ON-HUMBER - SUDDEN DEATH - A painful instance of the uncertainty of life was given on Saturday last by the almost instantaneous death of Mr. Lawson Cooper an old and much respected resident of this place.
The deceased retired to rest on Saturday night about eleven o’clock, being then apparently in his usual health and spirits.
Shortly afterwards he got up saying to Mrs. Cooper, “I cannot get any breath, open the window.”
He then came downstairs and sat down on the pump trough in the yard.
Mrs. Cooper, fearing he was dying called up the servants.
Mr. J. H. Shearwood, surgeon, who only lives a few doors off, was sent for and was speedily on the spot, but deceased only breathed once after his arrival.
It was not deemed necessary to hold an inquest, as the doctor gave it as his opinion that he had died from disease of the heart.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 22ND 1871
The new chapel at Deepdale was opened on Wednesday evening last by the Rev G. S. Weston of Hull, who delivered an excellent sermon.
The chapel was designed and erected by Mr. Stamp architect and builder, at the sole cost of J. P. Clark Esq., of North Ferriby, who has presented it to the Wesleyan Connexion. It will stand as a memorial of Mr. Clark’s laudible anxiety to provide for the spiritual wants of his employees, and the scattered inhabitants of this rural spot.
The Wesleyans have now three chapels in this township.
PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - GEORGE BAKER was charged with being drunk and riotous at Ulceby on the 16th instant. Police Sergeant Foster proved the case.
The defendant had used most disgusting language. Fined 10s and 12s 6d costs, or in default one month’s hard labour.
JOHN SINCLAIR, a shoemaker, was brought up on two warrants, one of which was obtained at the instance of his wife, charging him with threatening to blow her brains out.
He was also charged with threatening his brother in law at Barton on the 14th July instant.
The defendant was liberated from Kirton Lindsey prison on the 1st instant and has ever since given considerable trouble to the police, who had to watch his movements.
Prisoner had been imprisoned two years for unlawfully wounding his wife, and on the night in question he got under the window and waited some time, knocking at the door, and when his wife came to the bedroom window he threatened to blow her brains out.
He did the same thing to his brother in law, John Todd, and kept pacing up and down the street from shortly after midnight to four o’clock in the morning.
The prisoner was ordered to find two sureties in £25 each to keep the peace towards his wife for twelve months, or in default go to prison for that period.
The prisoner was removed in custody.
RICHARD DAVIS HOUGHTON - an apprentice with Messrs. Davis and Hewitt, joiners and builders, Barton, was charged under the Masters and Servants’ Act with refusing to obey his master’s lawful commands.
Mr. Mason was for the defendant.
The defendant had refused to work on the 1st of July, being requested to assist the men in putting a roof on to a farm house.
The magistrates fined the defendant 1s, 3s damages, and costs.
WILLIAM WEST - groom, was charged with embezzling certain monies, to wit £2 from Mr. R. H. Pearson of Stallingborough, the property of Mr. George Bruce, his master.
The prisoner was employed to lead a horse about the country, and had received the money and not accounted for it to the prosecutor.
The magistrates considered that as there had been no settlement between the parties there was no case against the prisoner, who did not deny receiving the money.
The magistrates dismissed the case.
The prisoner was then charged with obtaining ten shillings from Mr. William Wass, at Messingham on the 24th June last. The case was similar to the last but there was no entry of this house on the books. The magistrates considered this case the same as the last and also dismissed the case.
The prisoner was at once discharged.
JAMES ROY - a working cooper, was charged with stealing a watch guard, value 2s 6d, the property of Thomas Grassby, his master, at Barton on the 10th inst.
The prosecutor is a master cooper, and he alleged that the chain was taken from his bedroom.
The prisoner said he found it in the back yard.
Prisoner had sold it to W. Winn Shepherd, farrier, at Worlaby, for 1s.
The chain did not appear to be worth 2d.
The prisoner was sentenced to six weeks hard labour.
JOHN ROBINSON, a boy, was charged with stealing a bag of coal, the property of George Bell, on the 9th inst.
The prosecutor, Mr. George Bell of Barrow, missed a bag of coal, which was traced to the possession of the prisoner, who was formerly in his service, had borne good character and had been led astray by his father.
Committed for one month.
HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 29TH 1871
POLICE COURT - WEDNESDAY - THOMAS GARNISS horse breaker, a native of Goxhill, was charged with bigamy, in having intermarried with Catherine Landsey, his former wife, Elizabeth Clark, being then and now alive.
The prisoner was married to Elizabeth Clark at Goxhill by the Rev. Oswald Marriott, August 2nd 1852.
Furlow Stamp, parish clerk of Goxhill in 1852, proved the first marriage, at which he was an attesting witness.
Witness had known the prisoner ever since he was a child.
Witness last saw the prisoner’s wife, Elizabeth Clark, on the 13th inst. at South Killingholme and he believed that she was still alive.
Robert Oglesby, brick maker, South Killingholme, deposed that he kept two of the prisoner’s children by his forst marriage with Elizabeth Clark, and had done so for seven years; both prisoner and his wife had been to see them, the latter as late as the 9th of July.
Prisoner’s wife pays for one of the children.
Mr. Superintendent Thoresby deposed that the prisoner was apprehended under a warrant, at Barrow and brought to Barton.
The warrant was read over to him and at first he made no reply, but afterwards said, “I told Catherine Landsey that I was married and had a wife living.”
Witness produced the certificate of the prisoner’s marriage with Elizabeth Clark. He had compared it with the book of marriages and found it corresponded.
Catherine Landsey, a respectably dressed woman, deposed that she was married to the prisoner at St. Luke’s Church, Upper Norwood, in the parish of Lambeth, June 1867 by the Rev. Dr. Leicester.
Witness had only a few month’s acquaintance with the prisoner before marriage; at the time of her marriage she had been living with Captain Warden.
Garniss was ostler at Woodman’s livery stables.
She knew him as Thomas Farrow, did not know him as Garniss. Did not know that the prisoner had a wife living.
She asked the prisoner why he had not been married before, when the prisoner replied, “The person is dead and I had not until now made up my mind.”
She did not know of his previous marriage until his friends told her of it.
Cross examined by the prisoner:
“Do you remember when we first became acquainted that I told you that I had been married, but was separated from my wife in Brigg Union?”
“No Tom, you did not.”
“Did you leave Captain Warden’s to be married to Wm. Baker?”
“Yes I did.”
“Was his likeness not in our house?”
“Yes it was.”
“Did I not request you turn his likeness to the wall?”
“You did not, you took the likeness away.”
“Did I not say that I had had troubles, and you said that you had had troubles, and we would get married?”
“No I did not. When I left Captain Warden‘s I went to Mrs. Adams‘s and it was there that I got acquainted with you.”
“Did I not say that I had four children?”
“No you told me that you had one illegitimate child.”
BY THE COURT : “He told me eight or nine month’s after our marriage that he was Tom Farrow Garniss. He did not tell me before.”
By the prisoner: “Is your name not Cole?”
“No my name is Landsey. I was christened Landsey in the Scotch Episcopal Church. My father and mother are not married.“
BY THE COURT: “Nine months after marriage we came to Hull. His friends asked him to be married in his own name. The certificate produced is that of my marriage with the prisoner.”
Mr. John Thorne, grocer and cheesemonger, Knight Hill Road, Lower Norwood, Lambeth , Surrey, deposed that he had been parish clerk at St, Luke’s Church, Lower Norwood in the parish of Lambeth, since 1825, and in 1867 was present at the marriage of the prisoner with Catherine Landsey.
The certificate produced was from the register book of that parish. It was a complete and perfect copy of the marriage of Thomas Farrow and Catherine Landsay. He was present on the occasion and saw them married. He recognised the woman and had some idea of the man, but would not like to swear to him.
The prisoner, in defence said he and his first wife quarrelled about a horse and cart, broke up their home and went to the Union and were there separated.
The prisoner was committed to Lincoln Castle for trial at the next Assizes.