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Northampton Mercury, 12th Sept 1846
Wellingborough Petty Sessions
Thomas and His Stick—Thomas Laughton, a native of Wymington, better known as Round House Tom, and who is no stranger to the Bench, was charged by police constable Whitworth with being drunk and disorderly, at Rushden, on the 7th inst. Thomas, whose tread is at no time of the “light fantastic” description, on this occasion beat the boards like an elephant, not in boots, but bomb shells, and a stick which entered with him accompanied each foot fall with a rap on the floor, making the windows rattle as if affected by an earthquake or the ague; but the grand shock was reserved until the stick and its bearer reached the bench, when down came foot and stick with a force and decision which said as distinctly as language, we are fixtures. The stick seemed to say you’re in a mess, why don’t you allow me to get you out, and Thomas appeared to fondle its mischievous-looking head, and answer? Keep quite my friend, you’re not in a beer-house. In his defence the defendant said he was provoked by a person named Sykes, and that he merely flourished a twig over his head. Here the stick seemed to writhe in his grasp, and say how dare you call me a twig, and looked at the magistrates, as much as to say—A twig-indeed, just twig my proportions. Thomas paid 9s. and left the hall with the offended stick, which from the manner in which it flourished about, seemed quite overcome with passion.
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| Northampton Mercury, 15th April 1865, transcribed by Susan Manton
Wymington. William Day, 30, of Rushden, knacker, was summoned by Thomas Childs, of the same place, gamekeeper, for shooting a hare at Wymington, on the 29th inst. Defendant did not appear, and the case, having been proved in his absence, he was fined £5 and 16s and 6d costs, or in default three months hard labour. The constables for the different parishes attended and were sworn in for the ensuing year.
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Northampton Mercury, 10th June 1865, transcribed by Susan Manton
G. Garley v Hopkins and Church, trustees of a benefit society, held at Wymington, Mr. Murphy appeared for the plaintiff. The defendants did not appear. Mr. Murphy said his client was an aged man and lived at Rushden, and had been a member of the club for more than thirty years. Some time ago he had underwent an operation at the Opthalmic Hospital, which rendered him chargeable to the funds of the club, but they refused him the full benefit, and he then brought an action to recover a month’s sick pay, but His Honour, unfortunately, could not adjudicate, as the society was not enrolled, and plaintiff lost the action. Since that time the rules of the club had been certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt according to the Act. Plaintiff had sent his contributions as usual, the last time on the 3rd of April last, when he sent 1s 6d, a month’s money by his nephew. The money was taken, but the same evening the club voted him out, and the money was returned. Now that the club was enrolled he asked, on behalf of his client, that he might be re-instated in the society with privileges of membership. He called John Elson, a nephew of plaintiff, who was an unwilling witness, who gave evidence of having taken the contributions of plaintiff in April, of the money being accepted, returned and the plaintiff voted out. His Honour said the club had acted in a most unjust, harsh and cruel manner towards the plaintiff, and the trustees had not appeared to show any cause for their conduct. He should not be doing his duty if he did not order him to be re-instated in the society again, with all the privileges of membership and in default of the refusing to accept him, he should order it to pay a penalty of £60.
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Northampton Mercury, 14 November 1868
Bletsoe Petty Sessions - Wymington–Alexander Johnson, of Wymington, beer-seller, was charged by Richard Lewin, of Wymington, farmer, with trespassing on his land in search of game, on the 2nd ult. - Fined £2 and 16s. 6d. costs, or two months: also, with a similar offence, on the 17th ult - Fined £2 and 16s. 6d. costs, or two months: also, with a similar offence, on the 26th, on the information of Joseph Bailey, of Rushden, gamekeeper, upon same land.—Fined £2 and 16s. 6d. costs, or two months; in all, £8 9s. 6d., or six months. Allowed a fortnight.
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Wellingborough News, 12th August 1882, transcribed by Kay Collins
SHARNBROOK PETTY SESSIONS, August 4th, 1882.
Magistrates present: Mr. Thomas Bagnall and Mr. E. S. Watson.
Jesse Headland, of Wymington, platelayer, was charged by James J. Styles, of Bedford, Detective Inspector, with stealing a railway sleeper, value 1s. 6d., at Wymington, on the 12th ult. He was defended by Mr. Jessopp, jun. The case was proved by Andrew Swift, a railway detective.—Fined 19s. 6d.
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Wellingborough News, 26th August 1882, transcribed by Kay Collins
SHARNBROOK PETTY SESSIONS, Friday, August 18th.
Before Messrs. H. H. Green and E. B. Watson.
Robert Goosey, farmer, of Wymington, was charged by Supt. Carruthers with neglecting to give notice to a police-constable of the existence of swine fever on his premises, on the 2nd inst. The Superintendent said he accompanied Mr. Crofts, veterinary surgeon, to Mr. Goosey's Lodge Farm, where they found 19 pigs, 18 of which were condemned and slaughtered the same day. Mr. Goosey admitted that several of his pigs had died, but he did not know that it was swine fever. Fined 2s. 6d., and 8s. 6d. costs.
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Wellingborough News, 16th September 1882, transcribed by Kay Collins
SHARNBROOK PETTY SESSIONS [Frida]y, 8th Sept., 1882.
Magistrates present: ... H. Green, and Capt. Pearson.
...ard Rich, of Wymington, labourer, was [charged] by Alfred Peet, of Wymington, farmer, [with] assaulting him in the harvest field on the 22nd [and ] bound over in the sum of £10 to be of good [behavi]our for six months. [... edge of paper is missing]
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Wellingborough News, 30th December 1882, transcribed by Kay Collins
SHARNBROOK PETTY SESSIONS Friday, Dec. 22nd
Before Mr. Thomas Bagnall and Mr. E. S. Watson.
Thomas Doswell, labourer, of Wymington Huts, was charged by Thomas Pacey, gamekeeper, with trespassing on land in pursuit of game, at Sharnbrook, on the 18th ult. Fined £1, and 16s. 6d. costs, or one month's hard labour.—The same defendant was further charged by P.C. Daniels, under the Poaching Prevention Act, with coming from land where he had been unlawfully in pursuit of game, and having in his possession a gun, net, and snare, when searched, upon the highway, on the same day. Fined £2 10s., and 13s. 6d. costs, or one month's hard labour, the gun, net, and snare being forfeited and ordered to be destroyed.
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Wellingborough News, 27th January 1883, transcribed by Kay Collins
Wellingborough Police Court. Friday, Jan. 26th
Mr. N. P. Sharman, in the chair; Mr. C. J. K. Woolston, and Lieut.-Col. Rawlins.
BEGGING—Robert Thompson, tramp, an old man, pleaded guilty to begging, at Wellingborough, on the 25th inst. The facts were proved by P.C. Ellis, and defendant was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment.
WILFUL DAMAGE—George Stone and William Robins, of Wymington Huts, were charged with doing wilful damage, to the amount of £2, to coping belonging to Messrs. T. Gillitt, J. W. Sharman, and T. Truman, of Wellingborough, on the 20th inst. It appears that there were no less than seven charges, but only three were gone into. From the evidence of a lad, Wm. H. Booth, who was in defendants' company, they indulged in a number of "larks," such as throwing a donkey cart over, knocking the coping off the walls belonging to the prosecutors and others. They had been drinking in the "Dewdrop," and were the worse for liquor. P.S. Andrews said he apprehended the defendants on a warrant, when they denied the offence. He had heard the two prisoners talk together, however, when they said they didn't think they should get off, because one of them (Booth), had told the police about it. Mary Ann Cooke and the three prosecutors also gave evidence as to the damage done, showing that the capstones had been knocked off, and others damaged.—After consultation the Chairman said it was a very serious offence, and they would be fined £1 10s. and costs, in all £7 16s. 6d.; in default, 14 days' in each case.
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Wellingborough News, 12th May 1883, transcribed by Kay Collins
WELLINGBOROUGH POLICE COURT
Friday, May 11—Before Mr. R. W. Arkwright (in the chair), and Mr. Spencer Pratt,
THEFT FROM A CRICKET TENT—Samuel Clark, alias Smith, alias "Liney," and James Westley, two young navvies of Wymington, were charged with stealing two pairs of cricket shoes, three cricket balls, and five lawn tennis balls, value 20s., the boots the property of Messrs. John and W. Claridge, and the other articles the property of the Rushden Cricket Club.—Charles Bull, the tent manager of the club, deposed that on the 30th ult. he found the box had been broken into and the above named articles stolen. He identified the articles produced. Abel Young and Samuel Mitchell, lads of Wymington, deposed that they each bought a cricket ball from Smith for which they gave him sixpence. The former witness said that after he bought the ball Smith told him he had taken it from the Rushden cricket ground. P.S. Webster said that on Monday from what Smith told him he went to Young, who gave him a cricket ball and a tennis ball which he said he had bought of Smith. He then charged Smith, who said that he and Jimmy Westley broke open the window about 10 o'clock and took the balls between them; they each took a pair of boots, and concealed them in the hedge until evening, when they threw them into a pond at Wymington. On the way to Wellingborough, the sergt. met Westley and charged him with being an accomplice, when Westley admitted taking the balls, but said he knew nothing of the boots. Westley here made a statement that they did not take any boots when they stole the balls. Charles Bull recalled, said there might have been other balls in the tent. The boy Young was also questioned by the Chairman as to the date he bought the ball, and he still said he purchased them on the 16th ult. Some conversation arose and from further statements it appeared that prisoners had been to the tent twice. Prisoners pleaded guilty and were sent to prison for three weeks.
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Wellingborough News, 28th July 1883, transcribed by Kay Collins
Sharnbrook Petty Sessions
Friday, July 20—Before Messrs. Thos Bagnall, L. G. S. Gibbard, E. S. Watson, and the Hon. E. T. St. John.
Charles Joiner, engine driver, of Wymington, was charged by Frederick Heathfield, gamekeeper, of Colworth, with trespassing in search of game, at Souldrop, on the 2nd inst.—Fined 20s. and 9s. 6d. costs, or 14 days' imprisonment.
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