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*1860 "BOROUGH PETTY SESSION, Monday.-Before R. O. Backhouse, Esq., Mayor, T. W. Wylde Browne, T. Smith, and T. Colley. Esqrs. —Forgery: James Turner, a navvy employed on the Severn Valley Railway under Mr James Wallis, sub-contractor, was charged with uttering a forged cheque for 3s, with the name of W. Wallis attached thereto. The said cheque was passed by prisoner to Mrs. Smith, of the Crown and Cushion public-house, in this town, on the 28th ult. for which he received goods to that amount. Suspicion was attached to the prisoner, in consequence of many forged cheques of a similar nature being in circulation, and he not coming to claim his wages on the Friday night, information was given to Chief constable Cole, who traced the prisoner to Wenlock, and took him into custody the following morning in a lodging-house, and conveyed him to the Bridgnorth lock-up. The prisoner admitted uttering a similar forged cheque, but not the one produced against him, and the bench fully committed him to take his trial at the ensuing assizes."<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/18600309/065/0006 Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 9 March 1860, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>

*1860 "BROSELEY - CLEVER CAPTURE.-Some few weeks back, John Fewtrill was convicted at the Petty Session, for having been trespassing in pursuit of game upon the land of Lord Forester, he was sentenced to fine or a imprisonment. The fine not having been paid, he made himself scarce for a time. Lately, he has returned, and found safer employment on the Severn Valley Railway. A warrant had been issued for his apprehension, and placed in the hand of that active police constable, Jones. This latter made his apearance at the cutting at which his quarry was employed, in the character of a mere spectator. While thus engaged, Fewtrill, perhaps thinking that the presence of the officer boded no good to him, bolted towards the river, apparently with the intention or placing the river between him and his pursuer. On reaching the bank he changed his purpose, and ran at a rattling pace down the towing-path, tumbling rather than jumping over the gate ; but Police-constable Jones was not less swift of foot, Alter a gallant chase, the foot of the policeman touched the heel of Fewtrill; who went down at his length under the policeman. To secure the quarry, the handcuffs were soon put In requisition, and he was marched off to Broseley. Later in the evening the fine and costs were paid—some 20s, odd."<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000033/18600820/006/0003 Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 20 August 1860, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>

*1861 "Robbery by a Navvy : William Bache, working on the railway, was charged with stealing a bundle of clothing, the property of Henry Williams, also a navvy, containing two pairs of moleskin trowsers, waistcoat, shirt, smockfrock, two handkerchiefs, pair of boots, tin can, razor and strop, and other articles. The facts of the case were most singular, as given by the evidence of the companion of Williams, one Jesse Law, who deposed that himself and Williams had come up from Bewdley to Bridgnorth, where they had been working on the railway. They arrived on the evening of Saturday last and went to the Tumbling Sailors publichouse. After partaking of some ale there, Law, taking up Williams' bundle in mistake for his own, went out and put up at the Star publichouse, where, soon after he went in, he deposited the bundle under the kitchen screen and fell fast asleep. It appeared that prisoner and another navvy named Thomas Hunt, were drinking at the Star at that time, and at 12 o'clock, the time for closing the house, they went out and the landlord, David James, saw one of them take up the bundle from under the screen and carry it away with him; Law being then asleep, and going to remain in the house. The missing property was traced on the Sunday evening into the prisoner's possession, who had it at his lodgings, at John Bache's, Listley street, where the police took possession of the bundle, and charged him with the robbery. John Bache, tailor, of Listley street, deposed to prisoner lodging at his house. On the Saturday night he came in about a quarter past twelve and brought the bundle, as now produced in court, with him. When asked whose bundle it was, he said it belonged to a man working on the railway, and he gave it to him to keep as he was going off. Prisoner had told him (witness) he had been working up at Coalport, and witness understood he had had the bundle from there. The evidence of David James, Chief-constable Cole, and Police-constable John Instone, corroborated the above evidence. Prisoner made a long rambling defence as to his going from the Star publichouse to Yates's, the Prince of Wales beershop, on the Saturday night, and meeting with a navvy running, who gave him the bundle to keep, saying his wife was after him and he wanted to get out of the road; and he said he would call for his bundle on the Monday. On being told that the bench had made up their mind to send him to Shrewsbury gaol for trial, he at once succumbed, and begged their Honours to adjudicate on it at once, and pleaded guilty to the charge. The Mayor said the case was clear against him, and in hopes that it would be a warning to him for the future. they would deal as leniently as they could, and sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment in Shrewsbury gaol and kept to hard labour."<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000401/18610517/032/0005 Shrewsbury Chronicle - Friday 17 May 1861, on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>

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