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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
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a Sunday
night fight at Culcheth
Ashton William
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a Sunday
night fight at Culcheth
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
Ball Peter
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh District county court
commitments John Kay
Barrow James
Leigh
Chronicle 9 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: fighting
preliminary interrupted
Bate Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 2 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: dropped
on after dropping in with drops too
many
Bates George
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Berry John
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 2
Assault upon the High Bailiff of the
County Court James J Pratt
Berry Samuel
Leigh
Chronicle 11 5 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a check to
a fortunate fighting career
Blackburn David
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a noisy and
annoying pair
Blackburn David
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a noisy and
annoying pair
Blackburn Robert
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a Sunday
night fight at Culcheth
Blackburn Robert
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a Sunday
night fight at Culcheth
Blears John
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: avoiding
summonses but aggravating
offences
Blinkhorn James
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: children's
contempt for Sunday drunkenness
Boardman Peter
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:complaints
arising out of revelry in a brick-yard
Boydell Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh District County Court: a mere
excuse eliciting no sympathy
Bradley Moses
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Groggy,
quarrelsome and a little stiff
Briggs Simeon
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Burd Martin
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
House robbery in Church Street
Terrace Mr and Mrs Perceval
Burke John
Leigh
Chronicle 19 1 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:
embezzeling the price of a load of
coal Peter Stirrup
Burke John
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:wilfully doing
damage on the Atherton Collieiries
Burke Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: The married
and unmarried in lodging houses
Burke Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Cavanagh Michael
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Chadwick Hy
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: to drunk to
stand or to know his road
Charlson Elizabeth
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Complaint
against a dirty and fevered lodging
house
Charlson John
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:a small
man exhibited on a hillock
Clarke Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 30 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting
here and there until after midnight
Clayton Henry
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:poverty no
crime but drunkeness a plague
Clynes Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 30 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Collision of
three merry Andrews - a sham
charge of stabbing
Clynes Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a drunkard
obliged at the police office
Clynes Cicely
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: ordered home
and summoned for nothing!
Clynes John
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
Leigh District County Court:
dishonesty punished
Clynes John
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a remnant of
the late Irish row at Tyldesley
Clynes Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Assault in a
public house Michael MacDonald
Cohen Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Assault in a
public house Michael MacDonald
Collier John
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: disagraceful
to be seen or heard
Collier John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Connell Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Connell Stephen
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Connor James
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: four years'
sobriety ending roughly
Cooke James
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: stealing
from a beerhouse
Cowan John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Cowan William
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: public
house fighting
Coyne Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 11 5 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: signs of
drunkenness - staggering, pulling,
hauling, clipping
Coyne Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Croft James
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a midnight
cry - 'oh father don't beat my mother' Mrs Croft
Croston Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Daniel Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: A Daniel come
to judgement
Davies John
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3 Atherton Petty Sessions
Davies John
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: stone
throwing by Lowton lads Emily Caldwell
Davis Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 23 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: A flagrant
breach of good faith
Davis
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: public
house fighting
Day John
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a man who
would murder his wife and starve his
children
Day Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Groggy,
quarrelsome and a little stiff
Donelan Mary
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: a
shopkeeper's debt for flour
Dooley Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a remnant of
the late Irish row at Tyldesley
Doskin William
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Dutton John
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: laid in the
street drunk
Dutton Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a beerseller's
home indulgences
Dutton Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a beerseller's
home indulgences
Eckersley Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: the
attendance of a carriers- carter
excused
Edge Ellen
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a mother
losing herself in pursuit of a lost son
Edge Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: disgusting
in word and deed
Entwistle Ralph
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions a carter in a
slippery state
Finnerty Mary
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Leigh petty sessions: a dumb show
not devoid of action
Finnigan William
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: what an
old sot may deem an mere spot
Flaherty Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 2
Leigh Petty Sessions: Patrick
Flaherty
Fleming Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: throwing
stones at policeman
Hartley (Police
Constable)
Fletcher Ralph
Leigh
Chronicle 19 1 1861 3
Atherton petty sessions: stripped to
fight furiously
Gallagher Mary
Leigh
Chronicle 19 1 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: swearing
which could not sworn to Patrick McTighe
Garafin Michael
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
House robbery in Church Street
Terrace Mr and Mrs Perceval
Garrett Michael
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Gause Jane
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Glover David
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: stone
throwing by Lowton lads Emily Caldwell
Gough Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: throwing
stones at policeman
Hartley (Police
Constable)
Goulding William
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Grady Daniel
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: a papal
aggression in Warrington Road A
thumb screws applied
Grady Edward
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Grady Edward
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
House robbery in Church Street
Terrace Mr and Mrs Perceval
green [Margaret]
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh [district] county court
commitments john Speakman
Green John
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
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
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Making
free with drink and money Nicholas Lauder
Gregory John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: animosity
through a deed
Grounds John
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: boxing in joke
and running in earnest
Grundy W
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 2
Robbery at a joiners shop in
Atherton
Grundy William
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a Sunday ride-
out and a delicate intention defeated
Hadfield James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Haley John
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Haley Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: the new
and severer punishment for Sunday
rioting
Haley Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: avoiding
summonses but aggravating
offences
Haley Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Haley Peter
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: the new
and severer punishment for Sunday
rioting
Halliday Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 22 12 1860 3
Atherton petty sessions: Forward in
drink and dirty too
Hamblett William
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Sunday
morning public home visitors
Hampson James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: enjoying
a laugh at his own expense Robert Schofield
Hampson Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh [district] county court
commitments Ann camomile
Hatton John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Leigh petty sessions: Monday an
indignant parent
Hatton Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Hatton Miles
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: found asleep
on a market stall
Hayes James
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: profane
swearing
hays Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh [district] county court
commitments William [southern]
Heaton John
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: foolish
conduct of an armed volunteer
Heaton Robert
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: foolish
conduct of an armed volunteer
Heywood Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: a papal
aggression in Warrington Road A
thumb screws applied
Higginson Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Stealing a
beerhouse keepers shoes
Higson James
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Old Kitty
Cowburn they bothered her so Catherine Cowburn
Higson James
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: rehearing
of Old Kitty Cowburn complaint - the
witness against her suspected. Kitty Cowburn
Higson John
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Old Kitty
Cowburn they bothered her so Catherine Cowburn
Higson John
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: rehearing
of Old Kitty Cowburn complaint - the
witness against her suspected. Kitty Cowburn
Hill William
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: carts without
owner's name plates
Hilton Mary
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
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
Chronicle 22 12 1860 2 and 4
Pat Hindley the burglar: desperate
burglar and would be assassin
Hindley John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3 Leigh Petty Sessions:
Hindley John
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a dangerous
route to Landside by night
Hindley Paddy
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Paddy
Hindley's burglaries in this
neighbourhood - discovery of
property William Newton
Hindley Ralph
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh District County Court:
Refusing to make an order against a
silk weaver
Hines Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a drunken
fight on the kicking system
Holgate Samuel
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Daring and savage garrotte robbery
in the new road James Battersby
Hope John
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: not once, nor
twice but thrice raving drunk
Horridge Jacob
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: extraordinary
folly of a beerhouse keeper's son
Horridge John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Horridge William
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: extraordinary
folly of a beerhouse keeper's son
Hotton Henry
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Leigh petty sessions: Sunday night
fighting
Howarth William
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 2 Petty theft at Atherton Jonathan Hesketh
Hudson James
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a boatman's
donkey found in green pastures J T Park
Hughes Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 30 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting
here and there until after midnight
Hunt John
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a very lame
excuse for a four hours carousel
Hunt John
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a lame, a very
lame excuse for a four hours
carousel
Hurst James
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a noisy and
annoying pair
Hurst James
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a noisy and
annoying pair
Isherwood Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: boxing in joke
and running in earnest
Jackson Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: made to
pay through fear of prison George Bates
Jameson James
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: paying
dear for share of an umbrella
Jameson James
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: paying
dear for share of an umbrella
Kerfoot John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: in work
and will not pay; out of work and
cannot
Kernot john
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh [district] county court
commitments thomas crouton
Kilbig Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 11 5 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: signs of
drunkenness - staggering, pulling,
hauling, clipping
king Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh district county court
commitments John aldrbo
Knight John
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: A want of co-
operation between driver and team
Knowles Ann
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a woman of
evil temper and bad habits
Knowles Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fierce and
furious Sunday belligerents
Landers William
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: animosity
through a deed
Langan John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: throwing
stones at policeman
Hartley (Police
Constable)
Latchford James
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: an
overdrawn picture of a painter's
poverty
Latham Albert
Leigh
Chronicle 19 1 1861 3
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
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
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
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: caught
while catching a few wines
Leather James
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:having too
long a holiday
Lee William
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: baying to the
moon
Leigh Arthur
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: public
house fighting
Litler James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Logan James
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: hawking
brushes without a license
Loobey Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: the new
and severer punishment for Sunday
rioting
MacDonald Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: hitting on the
ground and kicking on the head William Roberts
MacDonald Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: hitting on the
ground and kicking on the head William Roberts
Malcolm John
Leigh
Chronicle 2 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: drink and
pokers not fit for fiery tempers
Mannion Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: the lowest
of the low save one
Mannion Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: wilfully doing
damage on the Atherton Collieries
Mannion Thos.
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Mather Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
McKew John
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3 Local news: pigeon stealing Robert Bradley
McMann Michael
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: the new
and severer punishment for Sunday
rioting
Morgan Jenkins
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: to much
liquor and noise wives appearances
for husbands
Morgan John
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: to much
liquor and noise wives appearances
for husbands
Murray Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: rough in the
street and raving in the station
Murray Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: rough in the
street and raving in the station
Neil John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Daring and savage garrotte robbery
in the new road James Battersby
Neild Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 28 1 1860 3
Loving not wisely and getting off too
well
Noon Martin
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an Irish
attack upon the police at Tyldesley -
honourable mention of assistance
given to the police
Oakes Robert
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: bleeding at
the mouth a proof of fighting
O'Connell Daniel
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: O'Connell
liberated on somewhat doubtful
evidence
Owens Hiram
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: going to
chapel drunk with 2 gills - convicted
drunkard's credit stopped
Partington John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Leigh petty sessions: Sunday night
fighting
Partington Mary
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 2
Leigh Petty Sessions: "Mrs
Patrington" who never swore in her
life
Patrick Cuff
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: Great
mistakes of respectable young men
Pearson John
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 2 and 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: leaving a
horse to perish in a ditch
Pendlebury James
Leigh
Chronicle 23 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a warning to
men who are ashamed of
themselves
Pendlebury James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Pendle bury James
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh [district] county court
commitments Adam Critchley
Percival John
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Leigh petty sessions: Monday an
indignant parent
Perry Samuel
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Philip Clarke
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: "Coming Out"
rather late in the day
Pomfret Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 2 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a sixth fine
through sleepiness and another
through impertinence
Pomfret Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 30 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: sleeping
too long, riding too far, fined too
often
Quinn Patrick
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a bit of a
drunkard sadly too soon
Ramsdale william
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh District county court
commitments Bridget Lynch
Ratcliffe Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 3
Leigh petty sessions: caution to
[fast] young man
Ratcliffe William
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Rawson William
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Saturday
night rioting and excess
Redford Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: pitiably the
sorrows of a swearing blind man at
Tyldesley
Redford Richard
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh District County Court:
Neglecting to pay a penny a day
Redford Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: pitiably the
sorrows of a swearing blind man at
Tyldesley
Richardson Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Ridyard John
Leigh
Chronicle 23 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: an example of
the increased punishment for riotous
persons
Rigby Mary Ann
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: profanity
punished and immortality exposed
Roach John
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: the Irish
Ordered Off
Robinson James
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a first theft
through intoxication Ellen Manley
Robinson James
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting in
the fields before daybreak
Room John
Leigh
Chronicle 22 12 1860 3
Atherton petty sessions: Breaking
down a lawful impediment between
a man + wife
Rothwell Esther
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a similar
oversight on Good Friday
Rothwell Esther
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a similar
oversight on Good Friday
Schofield Henry
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: made a fool of
by drink
Scotson John
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh District County Court: Absurd
and Troublesome
Scully Michael
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Scully Michael
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
House robbery in Church Street
Terrace Mr and Mrs Perceval
Seddon James
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting in
the fields before daybreak
Seddon Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Seddon William
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting in
the fields before daybreak
Selfe William
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Sharratt John
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: screaming
"murder" and begging mercy for an
intoxicated fury
Shaw Robert
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: continuing
from last case i.e. Knowles
Shovelton James
Leigh
Chronicle 3 12 1859 3
A man servant not entitled to a
farthing
Simm Henry
Leigh
Chronicle 29 12 1860 3
Leigh District County Court:
Imprisonment for neglecting to pay
twopence a day
Skellorn Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a basket
maker doing Sunday business
Smith James
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: continuing
from last case i.e. Knowles
Smith James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a rector's
pony riding away with an inferior
driver
Smith John
Leigh
Chronicle 19 1 1861 3
Atherton petty sessions: stripped to
fight furiously
Smith Samuel
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a
constable cursed all round the
church
Smith Samuel
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:a constable
cursed all round the church
Smith Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: furious driving
on the Warrington Road
Smith Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a poaching
case adjourned George Hampson
Smith Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions:a poaching
case adjourned
Smith Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: searching for
game or for a lost child
Smith William
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: paying
dear for share of an umbrella
Smith William
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: paying
dear for share of an umbrella
Speakman John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Stirrup Peter
Leigh
Chronicle 4 5 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: complaints
arising out of revelry in a brick-yard
Stringer Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 9 2 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: a small farmer
in a sluggish way
Sumner William
Leigh
Chronicle 15 12 1860 4
Juvenile attack upon Gingerbread
Stores
Sunderland John
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3 Local news: pigeon stealing Robert Bradley
Tatlock Edward
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
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
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh petty sessions: a cooling
process after over indulgence
Thornley William
Leigh
Chronicle 22 12 1860 3
Atherton petty sessions: Prospect of
distress through drunkenness
Thorp Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Thorp William
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: slight
mistake by an innkeeper after nearly
40 yearsA
Thorp William
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: slight
mistake by an innkeeper after nearly
40 years career
Tomany Alexander
Leigh
Chronicle 27 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: fighting in
the fields before daybreak
Topping John
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a
constable cursed all round the
church
Topping John
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:a constable
cursed all round the church
Unsworth Mary
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Unsworth Wright
Leigh
Chronicle 26 1 1861 3
Leigh District County Court:
committed without delay
Warrington Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: an uproar
and a downfall in the Market Place
Watson Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: falling out and
yet wanting to stand
Westwell James
Leigh
Chronicle 9 3 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: fighting
preliminaries interrupted
Westwell Thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 22 12 1860 3
Atherton petty sessions: Waiting for
the wagon
White William
Leigh
Chronicle 19 1 1861 3
Atherton petty sessions: a boy half
murdered at Westleigh Charles Parr
Whittle George
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: bleeding at
the mouth a proof of fighting
Whittle James
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: continuing
from last case i.e. Knowles
Whittle James
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: teo
debts too much for one power loom
weaver
Wilcock John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Wilcock John
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: nothing
paid out of good wages and now a
'strike'
Wild Charles
Leigh
Chronicle 16 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: a drunken
fight on the kicking system
Wilkinson James
Leigh
Chronicle 2 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: evading
toll at Atherton - a plea of
oppression
Winstanley Henry
Leigh
Chronicle 12 1 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: an
unprovoked assault by a friend William Goulding
Wood George
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Wood John
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: paying
dear for share of an umbrella
Wood John
Leigh
Chronicle 13 4 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: paying
dear for share of an umbrella
wood john + thomas
Leigh
Chronicle 1 12 1860 3
Leigh District county court
commitments Benjamin Atherton
Wright James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court
Commitments
Wright James
Leigh
Chronicle 20 4 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: debtor
with a rueful countenance
Wynn Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 30 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: Collision of
three merry Andrews - a sham
charge of stabbing
Wynn Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: hitting on the
ground and kicking on the head William Roberts
Wynn Andrew
Leigh
Chronicle 6 4 1861 3
Leigh Petty Sessions: hitting on the
ground and kicking on the head William Roberts
Yates Joseph
Leigh
Chronicle 30 3 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions: loud calls
to a sound sleeper
Yates Robert
Leigh
Chronicle 23 3 1861 3
Leigh District County Court: a
"twister" for denying a debt after
judgment
Young James
Leigh
Chronicle 2 2 1861 3
Atherton Petty Sessions:
overpowered on the road by "heavy
wet"
George
Leigh
Chronicle 24 3 1860 4
A silk case - good work or bad, the
contract's the ticket Mrs Peter Smith