Lancaster Gazette
September 1808
Mary MADDOCKS - stealing a letter containing a two pound bank-note at Manchester - guilty - Fined 1 shilling and imprisoned 1 year.
Robert ROBSON - stealing printed cambric at Cowling bridge - guilty - sentence not mentioned
Charles ANGUS - murder by poisoning at Liverpool - not guilty
Job LAWSON - killing James NORMANSELL of Manchester - not guilty
James FISH - stealing powder flasks etc.at Blackburn - not guilty
John FOSTER - stealing powder flasks etc. at Blackburn - turned King's Evidence against James FISH.
James CHARLSON (not Charlton) - uttering forged Bank-note at Warrington - guilty -Transportation 14 years
Sarah JOHNSON - uttering forged Bank-notes at Warrington - guilty - Transportation 14 years
William JOHNSON - possessing forged Bank-notes at Warrington - guilty -Transportation 14 years
Samuel DAINE - horse stealing at Darwen - guilty - Death
Joshua HERD - cutting & maiming Alice HERD at Great Bolton - guilty - Death
Thomas TRAVIS - killing Mary McKELL of Manchester - not guilty
Thomas FEARON - killing Thomas JOHNSON of Manchester - guilty - fined sixpence and imprisoned 1 week
John DOBSON - breaking into a mill & stealing cloth at Rossendale - guilty - Transportation 7 years
James PICKUP - breaking into a mill & stealing cloth at Rossendale - not guilty
Thomas SANDERSON - uttering and possessing base coin at Ormskirk - guilty - Imprisoned for 1 year and to find sureties for two years.
Richard CALDERBANK - stealing shuttles - not guilty
Thomas ECKERSLEY, James CROUCHLEY (not Croughley), Henry GREGSON, Thomas COOPER - unlawful assembly for raising wages, entering houses and stealing shuttles at Lauton [sic] and Golborne - all not guilty [but what happened to Thomas GREGSON?]
John SHAW - riotous assembly and stopping a spining works at Walmersley - guilty - discharged on promise to keep the peace.
James SCOTT - riotously knocking on the door of the vicar and demanding money at Castleton - not guilty
John HOYLE - riotous assembly, forcible entry and stealing tools at Haslingden (lane-side) - guilty - imprisoned 12 months
Charles WATSON - house breaking and stealing a spindle at Haslingden (Lane-side) - guilty - Imprisoned 6 months
Sarah HOPSTED - stabbing Charles SIMPSON of Little Bolton - guilty - Death
David Alexander LINDSAY - uttering seditious words at Aughton - guilty - Imprisoned 6 months
Rose GAFFNEY - stealing linen yarn at Droylesden - guilty - Death
Benjamin WHITE - uttering and possessing forged Bank-notes at Broughton near Manchester - guilty - Transportation 14 years
John BARLOW, Thomas LOWE, James CRABTREE, James SCHOFIELD, William SMITH - riotous assembly and assaulting Thomas ASHTON and stealing his money - not guilty
John SHEPHERD - burning Rochdale prison - guilty - Imprisoned 2 years
John RHODES, Joseph SUTCLIFFE, John TURNER - burning Rochdale prison - not guilty
Stephen HALLPIKE - uttered forged Bank-note - no bill against him {suppose that means charge withdrawn]
Hannah GRAY - murder of Mary GRAY of Liverpool - not guilty
Thomas BARNES - riotous assembly and attempting to pull down Henry COUPLAND's house - guilty Imprisoned 3 months
John MATTHEWS - as T. BARNES above - guilty - imprisoned 2 months
John BRAMWELL - killing John BALL of Liverpool - guilty - Imprisoned 1 year and fined 1 shilling
Adam WHITWORTH - riotous assembly and extortion - guilty - Imprisoned 9 months
Ann WILSON - stealing cloth, gowns, petticoat etc. at Manchester - guilty - Imprisoned 1 year and fined 1 shilling
Richard JONES - stealing lace, garters, buttons, ribbons etc. at Manchester - guilty - Imprisoned 2 years and fined 1 shilling
William RAMSBOTTON - having two wives - Imprisoned 6 months and fined 1 shilling
George Curtis CARTER - firing a pistol at William NYE of Liverpool - not guilty
James AINSWORTH - abetting persons in pulling down Henry COUPLAND's house at Blackburn - guilty - Imprisoned 9 months
John SMITH - killing Benjamin SAGAR of Padiham - guilty - sentence not reported
John FORSTER, Peter TAYLOR - breaking into a mill and stealing silk at Galgate - guilty - Transportation 7 years
George WALKER - breaking into a mill and stealing silk at Galgate - no bill found against him
Also, not previously mentioned
John TORR (removed from Salop gaol) - having two wives - Imprisoned 1 year and fined 1 shilling.
Henry SIMPKIN - embezzling his master's property - guilty - Imprisoned 2 years and fined 1 shilling
John WORTHINGTON - uttering seditious words - guilty - Imprisoned 6 months
James JAKES - ? - not guilty
John ATKINSON - ? - not guilty