Crime in Derbyshire 1770-1828

8,777 cases from Derbyshire Petty and Quarter sessions 1770-1828. These records were transcribed by Michael Cox, thanks Mike. Criminals recognised are linked to emails containing info

See also 15,000+ records Derbyshire Crime 1784-1891 researched by Jean Durbin of Australia

PETTY Sessions (browse 3,999 entries) click on your SURNAME initial to see the Full LISTING: AB. AN. AS. BA. BE. BI. BO. BR. BU. CA. CH. CO. CR. DA. DE. EA. ER. FA. FI. FO. GA. GI. GR. HA. HE. HO. HU. IB. JA. JO. KE. LA. LI. MA. ME. MO. NA. OA. PA. PH. QU. RA. RI. SA. SH. SI. SM. SP. TA. TH. UD. VA. WA. WE. WI. WR. YA.

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ABBREVIATIONS used

LARCENY & RECEIVING. 01: Food & Drink. 02: Clothing?cloth goods. 03: Money/Valuables. 04: Household Goods/Personal Items. 05: Building Materials. 06: Tools. 07: Farm Animals. 08: Minerals. 09: Animal Feed. 10: Cloth & material for making up. 11: From the person. 12: Jewellery. 13: Animal Equipment. 14: Mechanical Equipment. 15: Not stated. 16: Growing Crops. hoc=House of Correction. hl=Hard labour. COUNTIES CHS: Cheshire DBY: Derbyshire LEI: Leicestershire NTT: Nottinghamshire YKS: Yorkshire

ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENCES (RTO). 01: Refusing to do statute duty. 02: Using a cart with rims less than 6" wide. 03: Not collecting money for repair of highway/not keeping accounts. 04: Travelling with wagon & horses on a Sunday. 05: Removing turnpike gates. 06: Keeping and riding a horse without declaring it. 07: Unauthorized collection of tolls. 08: Riding a cart without guide or reins. 09: Avoidance of paying tolls. 10: Defrauding the tolls. 11: Illegal parking on the turnpike. 12: Using cart without owner's name & address on it. 13: Refusing to deliver lists of landed inhabitants. 14: Driving without due care. 15: Obstructing the highway. 16: Refusing to pay tolls. 17: Drunk in charge of horse and/or wagon & horses. 18: Wagon found to be overweight. Derbyshire HUNDREDS Ap: Appletree HP: High Peak ML: Morleyston & Litchurch RG: Repton & Gresley Sc: Scarsdale Ww: Wirksworth "Certiorari" "A writ by which causes are removed from inferior courts to the High Court of Justice".[in London]

OTHER CASES HIGTON v PEARSON 1881 Bastardy.

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