This list of names has been compiled from the Leigh ... · Abram William Leigh Chronicle 2 3 1861 3 Atherton Petty Sessions: staggering with 3 gills of Grundy's [stingo] ... Clayton

Accussed

Surname

Accussed

Forename Publication Date Month Year

Page

number Headline

Victim

Forename

Victim

Surname

Abbott Thomas

Leigh

Chronicle 23 3 1861 3 Leigh Petty Sessions

Abram William

Leigh

Chronicle 2 3 1861 3

Atherton Petty Sessions: staggering

with 3 gills of Grundy's [stingo]

Ashton William

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a Sunday

night fight at Culcheth

Ashton William

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a Sunday


This list of names has been compiled from the Leigh Chronicle newspaper from the period of the 12 December 1860

through to the 11 May 1861. The list has been indexed by Wigan Archives & Leigh Local Studies volunteer John

Unsworth.

The names are the lists of individuals who have been accused of various crimes or debts at various local petty and court

sessions around Leigh and district. The names have been arranged in alphabetical order. To find out more about this

project or to view one of the articles please contact Wigan Archives & Leigh Local Studies on 01942 404430 or email

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Ball Peter

Leigh


Leigh District county court

commitments John Kay

Barrow James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: fighting

preliminary interrupted

Bate Richard

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: dropped

on after dropping in with drops too

many

Bates George

Leigh


Leigh District County Court

Commitments

Berry John

Leigh


Assault upon the High Bailiff of the

County Court James J Pratt

Berry Samuel

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a check to

a fortunate fighting career

Blackburn David

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a noisy and

annoying pair

Blackburn David

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a noisy and

annoying pair

Blackburn Robert

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a Sunday


Blackburn Robert

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a Sunday


Blears John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: avoiding

summonses but aggravating

offences

Blinkhorn James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: children's

contempt for Sunday drunkenness

Boardman Peter

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:complaints

arising out of revelry in a brick-yard

Boydell Thomas

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: a mere

excuse eliciting no sympathy

Bradley Moses

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Groggy,

quarrelsome and a little stiff

Briggs Simeon

Leigh



Commitments

Burd Martin

Leigh


House robbery in Church Street

Terrace Mr and Mrs Perceval

Burke John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:

embezzeling the price of a load of

coal Peter Stirrup

Burke John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:wilfully doing

damage on the Atherton Collieiries

Burke Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: The married

and unmarried in lodging houses

Burke Patrick

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:an Irish

attack upon the police at Tyldesley -

honourable mention of assistance

given to the police

Cavanagh Michael

Leigh


Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread

Stores

Chadwick Hy

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: to drunk to

stand or to know his road

Charlson Elizabeth

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Complaint

against a dirty and fevered lodging

house

Charlson John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:a small

man exhibited on a hillock

Clarke Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting

here and there until after midnight

Clayton Henry

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:poverty no

crime but drunkeness a plague

Clynes Andrew

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Collision of

three merry Andrews - a sham

charge of stabbing

Clynes Andrew

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a drunkard

obliged at the police office

Clynes Cicely

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: ordered home

and summoned for nothing!

Clynes John

Leigh


Leigh District County Court:

dishonesty punished

Clynes John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a remnant of

the late Irish row at Tyldesley

Clynes Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Assault in a

public house Michael MacDonald

Cohen Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Assault in a

public house Michael MacDonald

Collier John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: disagraceful

to be seen or heard

Collier John

Leigh



Commitments

Connell Richard

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish



given to the police

Connell Stephen

Leigh





given to the police

Connor James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: four years'

sobriety ending roughly

Cooke James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: stealing

from a beerhouse

Cowan John

Leigh



Stores

Cowan William

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: public

house fighting

Coyne Patrick

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: signs of

drunkenness - staggering, pulling,

hauling, clipping

Coyne Thomas

Leigh





given to the police

Croft James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a midnight

cry - 'oh father don't beat my mother' Mrs Croft

Croston Thomas

Leigh



Commitments

Daniel Richard

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: A Daniel come

to judgement

Davies John

Leigh

Chronicle 16 3 1861 3 Atherton Petty Sessions

Davies John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: stone

throwing by Lowton lads Emily Caldwell

Davis Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: A flagrant

breach of good faith

Davis

Leigh



house fighting

Day John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a man who

would murder his wife and starve his

children

Day Joseph

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Groggy,

quarrelsome and a little stiff

Donelan Mary

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: a

shopkeeper's debt for flour

Dooley Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a remnant of

the late Irish row at Tyldesley

Doskin William

Leigh





given to the police

Dutton John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: laid in the

street drunk

Dutton Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a beerseller's

home indulgences

Dutton Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a beerseller's

home indulgences

Eckersley Joseph

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: the

attendance of a carriers- carter

excused

Edge Ellen

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a mother

losing herself in pursuit of a lost son

Edge Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: disgusting

in word and deed

Entwistle Ralph

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions a carter in a

slippery state

Finnerty Mary

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: a dumb show

not devoid of action

Finnigan William

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: what an

old sot may deem an mere spot

Flaherty Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Patrick

Flaherty

Fleming Patrick

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: throwing

stones at policeman

Hartley (Police

Constable)

Fletcher Ralph

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: stripped to

fight furiously

Gallagher Mary

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: swearing

which could not sworn to Patrick McTighe

Garafin Michael

Leigh




Garrett Michael

Leigh



Stores

Gause Jane

Leigh



Commitments

Glover David

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: stone

throwing by Lowton lads Emily Caldwell

Gough Joseph

Leigh



stones at policeman

Hartley (Police

Constable)

Goulding William

Leigh



Commitments

Grady Daniel

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: a papal

aggression in Warrington Road A

thumb screws applied

Grady Edward

Leigh



Stores

Grady Edward

Leigh




green [Margaret]

Leigh


Leigh [district] county court

commitments john Speakman

Green John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: penalties

for poaching as much as a house

would cost - a £20 surcharge for

every poacher detected john Peters

Gregory Abraham

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Making

free with drink and money Nicholas Lauder

Gregory John

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: animosity

through a deed

Grounds John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: boxing in joke

and running in earnest

Grundy W

Leigh


Robbery at a joiners shop in

Atherton

Grundy William

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a Sunday ride-

out and a delicate intention defeated

Hadfield James

Leigh



Commitments

Haley John

Leigh





given to the police

Haley Patrick

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: the new

and severer punishment for Sunday

rioting

Haley Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: avoiding

summonses but aggravating

offences

Haley Patrick

Leigh





given to the police

Haley Peter

Leigh




rioting

Halliday Thomas

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: Forward in

drink and dirty too

Hamblett William

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Sunday

morning public home visitors

Hampson James

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: enjoying

a laugh at his own expense Robert Schofield

Hampson Richard

Leigh



commitments Ann camomile

Hatton John

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: Monday an

indignant parent

Hatton Joseph

Leigh



Commitments

Hatton Miles

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: found asleep

on a market stall

Hayes James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: profane

swearing

hays Richard

Leigh



commitments William [southern]

Heaton John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: foolish

conduct of an armed volunteer

Heaton Robert

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: foolish

conduct of an armed volunteer

Heywood Thomas

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: a papal

aggression in Warrington Road A

thumb screws applied

Higginson Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Stealing a

beerhouse keepers shoes

Higson James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Old Kitty

Cowburn they bothered her so Catherine Cowburn

Higson James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: rehearing

of Old Kitty Cowburn complaint - the

witness against her suspected. Kitty Cowburn

Higson John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Old Kitty

Cowburn they bothered her so Catherine Cowburn

Higson John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: rehearing

of Old Kitty Cowburn complaint - the

witness against her suspected. Kitty Cowburn

Hill William

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: carts without

owner's name plates

Hilton Mary

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a cat and

dog fight Ann Brown

Hilton Thomas

Leigh

Chronicle 15 12 1860 3 and 4

Leigh petty sessions: neglect of an

order of maintenance

Hindley John

Leigh


Pat Hindley the burglar: desperate

burglar and would be assassin

Hindley John

Leigh

Chronicle 20 4 1861 3 Leigh Petty Sessions:

Hindley John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a dangerous

route to Landside by night

Hindley Paddy

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Paddy

Hindley's burglaries in this

neighbourhood - discovery of

property William Newton

Hindley Ralph

Leigh



Refusing to make an order against a

silk weaver

Hines Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a drunken

fight on the kicking system

Holgate Samuel

Leigh


Daring and savage garrotte robbery

in the new road James Battersby

Hope John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: not once, nor

twice but thrice raving drunk

Horridge Jacob

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: extraordinary

folly of a beerhouse keeper's son

Horridge John

Leigh



Commitments

Horridge William

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: extraordinary

folly of a beerhouse keeper's son

Hotton Henry

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: Sunday night

fighting

Howarth William

Leigh

Chronicle 9 2 1861 2 Petty theft at Atherton Jonathan Hesketh

Hudson James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a boatman's

donkey found in green pastures J T Park

Hughes Patrick

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting

here and there until after midnight

Hunt John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a very lame

excuse for a four hours carousel

Hunt John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a lame, a very

lame excuse for a four hours

carousel

Hurst James

Leigh



annoying pair

Hurst James

Leigh



annoying pair

Isherwood Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: boxing in joke

and running in earnest

Jackson Thomas

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: made to

pay through fear of prison George Bates

Jameson James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: paying

dear for share of an umbrella

Jameson James

Leigh




Kerfoot John

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: in work

and will not pay; out of work and

cannot

Kernot john

Leigh



commitments thomas crouton

Kilbig Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: signs of

drunkenness - staggering, pulling,

hauling, clipping

king Patrick

Leigh


Leigh district county court

commitments John aldrbo

Knight John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: A want of co-

operation between driver and team

Knowles Ann

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a woman of

evil temper and bad habits

Knowles Joseph

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: fierce and

furious Sunday belligerents

Landers William

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: animosity

through a deed

Langan John

Leigh



stones at policeman

Hartley (Police

Constable)

Latchford James

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: an

overdrawn picture of a painter's

poverty

Latham Albert

Leigh


Local news: apprehension of a

formidable young burglar

Latham Albert

Leigh

Chronicle 26 1 1861 3 The recent burglaries in Leigh Joseph Winterbottom

Lawrence Quinn

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Great

mistakes of respectable young men

Lawton John

Leigh

Chronicle 24 9 1859 2 Carriage accident at Bury Lane

Leather David

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: caught

while catching a few wines

Leather James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:having too

long a holiday

Lee William

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: baying to the

moon

Leigh Arthur

Leigh



house fighting

Litler James

Leigh



Commitments

Logan James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: hawking

brushes without a license

Loobey Patrick

Leigh




rioting

MacDonald Andrew

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: hitting on the

ground and kicking on the head William Roberts

MacDonald Andrew

Leigh




Malcolm John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: drink and

pokers not fit for fiery tempers

Mannion Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: the lowest

of the low save one

Mannion Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: wilfully doing

damage on the Atherton Collieries

Mannion Thos.

Leigh



Stores

Mather Joseph

Leigh



Commitments

McKew John

Leigh

Chronicle 1 12 1860 3 Local news: pigeon stealing Robert Bradley

McMann Michael

Leigh




rioting

Morgan Jenkins

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: to much

liquor and noise wives appearances

for husbands

Morgan John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: to much

liquor and noise wives appearances

for husbands

Murray Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: rough in the

street and raving in the station

Murray Patrick

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: rough in the

street and raving in the station

Neil John

Leigh


Daring and savage garrotte robbery

in the new road James Battersby

Neild Joseph

Leigh


Loving not wisely and getting off too

well

Noon Martin

Leigh





given to the police

Oakes Robert

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: bleeding at

the mouth a proof of fighting

O'Connell Daniel

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: O'Connell

liberated on somewhat doubtful

evidence

Owens Hiram

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: going to

chapel drunk with 2 gills - convicted

drunkard's credit stopped

Partington John

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: Sunday night

fighting

Partington Mary

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: "Mrs

Patrington" who never swore in her

life

Patrick Cuff

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: Great

mistakes of respectable young men

Pearson John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: leaving a

horse to perish in a ditch

Pendlebury James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a warning to

men who are ashamed of

themselves

Pendlebury James

Leigh



Commitments

Pendle bury James

Leigh



commitments Adam Critchley

Percival John

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: Monday an

indignant parent

Perry Samuel

Leigh



Commitments

Philip Clarke

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: "Coming Out"

rather late in the day

Pomfret Richard

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a sixth fine

through sleepiness and another

through impertinence

Pomfret Richard

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: sleeping

too long, riding too far, fined too

often

Quinn Patrick

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a bit of a

drunkard sadly too soon

Ramsdale william

Leigh



commitments Bridget Lynch

Ratcliffe Thomas

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: caution to

[fast] young man

Ratcliffe William

Leigh



Commitments

Rawson William

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Saturday

night rioting and excess

Redford Joseph

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: pitiably the

sorrows of a swearing blind man at

Tyldesley

Redford Richard

Leigh



Neglecting to pay a penny a day

Redford Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: pitiably the

sorrows of a swearing blind man at

Tyldesley

Richardson Joseph

Leigh



Commitments

Ridyard John

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: an example of

the increased punishment for riotous

persons

Rigby Mary Ann

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: profanity

punished and immortality exposed

Roach John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: the Irish

Ordered Off

Robinson James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a first theft

through intoxication Ellen Manley

Robinson James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting in

the fields before daybreak

Room John

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: Breaking

down a lawful impediment between

a man + wife

Rothwell Esther

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a similar

oversight on Good Friday

Rothwell Esther

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a similar

oversight on Good Friday

Schofield Henry

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: made a fool of

by drink

Scotson John

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: Absurd

and Troublesome

Scully Michael

Leigh



Stores

Scully Michael

Leigh




Seddon James

Leigh




Seddon Joseph

Leigh



Commitments

Seddon William

Leigh




Selfe William

Leigh



Commitments

Sharratt John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: screaming

"murder" and begging mercy for an

intoxicated fury

Shaw Robert

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: continuing

from last case i.e. Knowles

Shovelton James

Leigh


A man servant not entitled to a

farthing

Simm Henry

Leigh



Imprisonment for neglecting to pay

twopence a day

Skellorn Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a basket

maker doing Sunday business

Smith James

Leigh




Smith James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a rector's

pony riding away with an inferior

driver

Smith John

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: stripped to

fight furiously

Smith Samuel

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a

constable cursed all round the

church

Smith Samuel

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:a constable

cursed all round the church

Smith Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: furious driving

on the Warrington Road

Smith Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a poaching

case adjourned George Hampson

Smith Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions:a poaching

case adjourned

Smith Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: searching for

game or for a lost child

Smith William

Leigh




Smith William

Leigh




Speakman John

Leigh



Commitments

Stirrup Peter

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: complaints

arising out of revelry in a brick-yard

Stringer Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: a small farmer

in a sluggish way

Sumner William

Leigh



Stores

Sunderland John

Leigh

Chronicle 1 12 1860 3 Local news: pigeon stealing Robert Bradley

Tatlock Edward

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:a noisy

intruder into back premises George Brearley

Taylor William

Leigh

Chronicle 16 3 1861 3 Atherton Petty Sessions

Thompson George

Leigh


Leigh petty sessions: a cooling

process after over indulgence

Thornley William

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: Prospect of

distress through drunkenness

Thorp Joseph

Leigh



Commitments

Thorp William

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: slight

mistake by an innkeeper after nearly

40 yearsA

Thorp William

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: slight

mistake by an innkeeper after nearly

40 years career

Tomany Alexander

Leigh




Topping John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a

constable cursed all round the

church

Topping John

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:a constable

cursed all round the church

Unsworth Mary

Leigh



Commitments

Unsworth Wright

Leigh



committed without delay

Warrington Thomas

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: an uproar

and a downfall in the Market Place

Watson Thomas

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: falling out and

yet wanting to stand

Westwell James

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: fighting

preliminaries interrupted

Westwell Thomas

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: Waiting for

the wagon

White William

Leigh


Atherton petty sessions: a boy half

murdered at Westleigh Charles Parr

Whittle George

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: bleeding at

the mouth a proof of fighting

Whittle James

Leigh




Whittle James

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: teo

debts too much for one power loom

weaver

Wilcock John

Leigh



Commitments

Wilcock John

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: nothing

paid out of good wages and now a

'strike'

Wild Charles

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: a drunken

fight on the kicking system

Wilkinson James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: evading

toll at Atherton - a plea of

oppression

Winstanley Henry

Leigh


Leigh Petty Sessions: an

unprovoked assault by a friend William Goulding

Wood George

Leigh



Commitments

Wood John

Leigh




Wood John

Leigh




wood john + thomas

Leigh



commitments Benjamin Atherton

Wright James

Leigh



Commitments

Wright James

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: debtor

with a rueful countenance

Wynn Andrew

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: Collision of

three merry Andrews - a sham

charge of stabbing

Wynn Andrew

Leigh




Wynn Andrew

Leigh




Yates Joseph

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions: loud calls

to a sound sleeper

Yates Robert

Leigh


Leigh District County Court: a

"twister" for denying a debt after

judgment

Young James

Leigh


Atherton Petty Sessions:

overpowered on the road by "heavy

wet"

George

Leigh


A silk case - good work or bad, the

contract's the ticket Mrs Peter Smith

Documents

This list of names has been compiled from the Leigh ... · Abram William Leigh Chronicle 2 3 1861 3 Atherton Petty Sessions: staggering with 3 gills of Grundy's [stingo] ... Clayton