Wednesday
There were 52 prisoners for trial, including those on bail. Of tho= se in=20 custody 12 could neither read not write, 11 read imperfectly, 11 read and w= rite=20 imperfectly, and 5 only could read and write well.
Robert WARD (24) and George PATCH (17) labourers, were found guilt= y of=20 breaking and entering a building, and stealing sixteen ducks, the property = of=20 George KINGSTON. The former was sentenced to eight, and the latter to four= =20 months imprisonment.
27 Nov 1869 Issue 4155
AXBRIDGE PETTY SESSIONS
William HEATH, of Wedmore, was summoned for keeping a dog without = a=20 license.
On the 2nd inst. George PATCH, Jas. THORNTON, William T= YLEY,=20 Charles JEFFERIES, and Henry HARVEY were summoned by William AMEY, for brea= king=20 up his fence and burning it on his land, at Wedmore, on the 5th= =20 inst., thereby doing damage to the amount of =A31 10s. Fined 5s. each and c= osts,=20 and =A31 10s damaged. George PATCH, one of the defendants in the above case= , was=20 summoned by Henry LARDER, for burning his trousers on the above occasion, a= nd=20 also for assault. He was fined 2s 6d. in each case, ? damage and=20 costs.
William ADAMS, Edward STEPHENS, and Thomas MAPSTONE were summoned = by=20 Richard CAWER for destroying his fence on the 5th inst., and doi= ng=20 damage to the extent of 2s. STEPHENS = ;=20 and ADAMS were discha= rged,=20 MAPSTON was fined 2s 6d., 1s damage and costs.
Lyn
in Oz.
9 May 1894
AXBRIDGE
At the police court, on the application of Mr BRIGE?, the licence = of the=20 White Hart Inn, Cross was transferred from A.T. SALTER to Miss ISGAR.=20
Elizabeth HARDING, of Cheddar, for assaulting Ann HARDING, was fin= ed 1s.=20 and costs and bound over in =A35 to keep the peace for six months.
Frank PATCH, of Sand Wedmore, for keeping a dog without a license,= was=20 fined 7s 6d and costs.
Benjamin VOWLES, butcher, of Blagdon, was summoned for stealing a= =20 quantity of watercress, value 6d, the property of Wm. COX. Fined 5s and cos= ts,=20 in default seven days.
George YORKE. Labourer, Wedmore, was fined 5s and costs for allowi= ng his=20 horse to stray on the highway.
WELLS
Crosse Bros., Wells v. Robert MILLARD, Wedmore. Claim =A34 18s for= wine and=20 spirits. Defendant had paid =A38 into court and disputed the remainder, and= as=20 Messrs CROSSE were unable to prove the delivery =96 the carter having died = =96=20 judgement was given for the amount paid into court only.
24 April 1894 Issue 14337
AXBRIDGE
George LARDER, of Wedmore, was summoned for being drunk and disord= erly=20 and refusing to quit the licensed premises of the Swan hotel. Defendant in = his=20 absence was fined 7s 6d and costs.
George RAKES, of Blackford, for being drunk and disorderly on the = highway=20 was fined in his absence 7s 6d and costs.
William PATCH, mason, Wedmore, in his absence was fined 7s 6d and = costs=20 for being drunk.
James HARDING for threatening to kill John HARDING, of Cheddar, wa= s bound=20 over in =A35 to keep the peace for three months.
WELLS
At the county police court yesterday, before Major the hon. E.J. B= OYLE=20 and Mr. W.S. HODGKINSON, Richard Hembrey, a farmer of Weare, was summoned f= or=20 being the owner of a bull which was not under proper control on March=20 23rd. It appeared that the bull was under care and the case was= =20 dismissed.
=I = haven't seen anything on this list but I was advised on another site I = belong to of the very sad news of the sudden passing in July of Mathew = Duckett. I know he will be greatly missed, not only but his family = but by researchers like myself, who benefitted greatly from his local = Wedmore knowledge and help.Thought I = should pass it on.=Lynin = Oz.
24 April 1849 Issue 2979
Married
April 20, at Theale, by the Rev. J. WILLIAMSON, Robert, eldest son= of Mr.=20 George DUCKETT, of the Elms, Blackford, near Cross Somerset to Eleanor, onl= y=20 daughter of Mr. Thomas GREEN, of Pilham-farm, in that county.
3 Sept 1842 Issue 2737
Married
August 27, at St James’, Edward
4 May 1839 Issue 2566
Married
April 23, at Wedmore, John 2nd son of Mr. J. GREEN, Par=
k-farm,=20
to
17 Dec 1859 Issue 3639
Died
6 June 1846 Issue 2933
Died
Aged 23, Drusiln? Youngest daughter of Mr. Geo DUCKETT, the Elms,=
=20
Blackford,
9 May 1840 Issue 2618
Married
April 27, at Wedmore, Mr. John DUCKETT, of Crickham, aged 84, to M= rs.=20 Mary TOOMER, aged 68.
29 Feb 1868 Issue 4065
February 24, at Mark,=20
12 Feb 1853 Issue 3282
Died
Feb 5, at Wedmore,
12 June 1841 Issue 2674
Died
At Bathwick Hill, aged 14, John Dawson, youngest son of J.D. DUCKE= TT,=20 Esq., of Carlow.
14 April 1860 Issue 3656
Marriages
April 10, at
19 Mar 1836 Issue 2404
March 15, at Wedmore, Joseph WOLLEN, Esq., of Painswick, to Elizab= eth=20 DUCKETT of the former place.
21 May 1853 Issue 3296
At Wedmore, aged 81, Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. Michael DUC=
KETT,=20
late of
23 June 1855 Issue 3405
Married
June 19, at Wedmore, by the Rev. J. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. John SWANTON, = of=20 Norwood-park, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph DUCKETT, of Stoug= hton=20 Cross.
24 May 1851 Issue 3192
Died
Aged 65 at Northleach M….. W.M. DUCKETT, grocer and draper.<= /FONT>
28 June 1845 Issue 2884
Marriages
Capt. George DUCKETT, only son of Sir Geo. DUCKETT, of Hart…= -house,=20 Wilts, to Isabella, daughter of the late Lieut. Gen. Lionel SMITH.
29 Feb 1868 Issue 4065
Died
February 23, at Burnham, Mr George DUCKETT, aged 58, deeply=20 regretted.
30 April 1864 Issue 3865
Marriages
April 26, at Wedmore church, by the Rev. J. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. George= GREEN,=20 to Delilah, youngest daughter of the late Mr. George DUCKETT of the Grange,= =20 Wedmore.
31 Mar 1866 Issue 3965
Marriages
March 27, at
26 Nov 1898
Marriages
DUCKETT- COMER
November 22, at
18 May 1844 Issue 2826
Married
May 14, at Wedmore, by Rev. John KEMPTHORNE, Mr John A
30 Mar 1867 Issue 4017
Axbridge Petty Sessions
Monday (before J. WOLLEN Esq., chairman, Col. LUTTRELL, Capt LAW a= nd=20 Charles EDWARDS, Esq.,)
William GREEN of Cheddar, for stealing turnip greens from a field = in the=20 occupation of William DAY, was fined 5s 6d costs of the greens and=20 expenses.
12 July 1893 Issue 14093
Axbridge.
In the police court on Monday, before the Rev. J.A. YATMAN (chairm= an),=20 Colonel LONG, Messrs EDWARDS, SOMERS and HILL.
Henry HIGGS, for riding a wagon without reins at Wedmore was fined= 2s 6d=20 and costs.
Charles WILKINS of Wedmore was fined costs, in respect of the=20 non-attendance of his child at school.
William TINCKNELL for a like offence was fined 6d and costs; and J= ohn=20 Mapstone in respect of two children, 2s and costs.
12 Sept 1894 issue 14458
Axbridge
At the police court, before Col. LONG, major-General HARRISON, Mes= srs=20 LLEWELLYN, EDWARDS, HILL and ASHBY, on the application of Mr REECE clerk to= the=20 Guardians, the deposit of =A312 1s ?d standing in the Post Office Savings B= ank in=20 the name of Harriet FISHER, a lunatic in the Well Asylum, chargeable to the= =20 union, was ordered to be transferred to the Guardians.
George MARSHALL of Wrington was fined 2s 6d and costs for being dr= unk,=20 and Thomas DEAN, of Cheddar, for being =93helplessly drunk=94 was fined 5s = and=20 costs.
Isaac HEMBRY of Wedmore, was fined 2s 6d and costs for driving a b= ull=20 through the public streets otherwise than under proper control.
Oliver BROWN, of Rickland for using obscene and profane language a= t=20 Blagdon, was fined 2s 6d and costs.
Charles VOWLES, labourer, Wedmore, was summoned for assaulting Joh= n=20 TINCKNELL. Several witnesses having been called, the case was dismissed eac= h=20 party to pay his own costs.
Elijah GARRETT, Wrington, was summoned for assaulting Louisa POPE.= Mr=20 WEBSTER defended. For the assault defendant was fined 5s and costs, and for= =20 using threatening language towards complainant=92s husband defendant was bo= und=20 over to keep the peace for six months.
At the fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians yesterday, Mr= E,H,=20 LLEWELLYN, presiding, the return showed 114 inmates in the Workhouse, again= st=20 105 at the corresponding date last year. The expenditure in out relief for = the=20 past fortnight showed an increase of =A33 6s 2 =BD d The Visiting Committee= were=20 requested to report on the suggestion of Lord Courtenay, Local Government B= oard=20 Inspector, with regard to provision in case of fire, and the laying on of h= ot=20 water to the children=92s nursery. =85=85=85=85.. The Finance Committee rec= ommended a rate=20 of 5d in the =A31 for Poor Law purpose and county and police rates for the= =20 half-year ending Lady-Day, 1895; also a rate of one farthing in the =A31 fo= r=20 sanitary purposes=85=85=85=85=85=85=85..
25 September 1883 Issue 11034
Axbridge
Petty Sessions, Yesterday (before
Eliza TINCKNELL was summoned by Jane HEAL , of Cocklake, Wedmore, = for=20 using threatening language towards her. Mr. BRICE defended, and asked that = the=20 above and a summons in which John POPLE was summoned for assaulting Eliza= =20 TINCKNELL might be heard together, = The=20 magistrates coincided. In the first case HEAL said TINCKNELL used very viol= ent=20 language towards her without the least provocation; in the second case it w= as=20 stated that whilst TINCKNELL was going to her home on September 15th,=20 on passing HEAL’s residence, someone threw something out of the windo= w at her.=20 On her turning around to see who it was, HEAL and POPLE, who lodges with he= r=20 came out, the latter subsequently following her and assaulting her with his= =20 crutch, striking her across the arm and abdomen with it, whereby she had be= en=20 obliged to place herself under medical care. The defence was that no blow w= as=20 struck, but that TINCKNELL injured herself by falling over a scarper. The b= ench=20 dismissed the summons against TINCKNELL, and fined POPLE 40s and costs,=20 designating his conduct as most cowardly,
Seventeen summonses were issued against parents for non-compliance= with=20 the requirements of the Elementary Education Act. The several offences were= =20 proved by Mr ELLIOTT, school attendance officer, and fines varying from 1s = to 5s=20 were imposed.
11 Sept 1881 Issue 11022
Petty Session, Yesterday, (before Major LAW, Major LONG, Rev ..J.A= .=20 YATMAN, Messrs. SOMERS and WILLS M.P.)
John BISHOP, a youth, was ordered to find sureties to keep the pea= ce, he=20 having been guilty of disorderly conduct at Mark while the congregation wer= e=20 leaving the parish church, whereby they were annoyed and=20 inconvenienced.
Robert MILKINS was summoned for assaulting J. WEBBER at Wedmore, o= n July=20 23rd, and breaking his leg; a cross-summons charged WEBBER with= =20 assaulting MILKINS at the same time and place. WEBBER’s version of th= is affair=20 was that on the evening of the day in question – Wedmore fair day- so= me one=20 struck him with a stick, and on his knocking the offender down, several oth= ers,=20 including MILKINS, “set” on him, and in the row his leg sustain= ed a compound=20 fracture. P.C. GIBSON proved pulling MILKINS off WEBBER, who was on the gro= und,=20 whilst holding him he (MILKINS) deliberately kicked WEBBER several times, o= n=20 which the latter exclaimed that his leg was broken. The defence was that WE= BBER=20 had challenged several men to fight, that he had knocked down several by wa= y of=20 amusement, but on his assaulting MILKINS he (MILKINS) returned the blow, bu= t he=20 denied having kicked WEBBER. The bench fined WEBBER as the originator of th= e row=20 5s., and costs, and, as a mark of their disgust at the cowardly conduct of= =20 MILKINS, fined him 20s, and costs.
The Mark Elopement Case – Elizabeth CRIDLING was charged wit=
h doing=20
wilful damage to the property of her husband by breaking 20 panes of glass =
in=20
his cottage at mark, on September 4th. The defendant, it will be=
=20
remembered, a few months since eloped with a young man, and was apprehended=
in=20