THE BCH ARCHIVE
LOCAL HISTORY FOR
BIRTSMORTON
CASTLEMORTON
HOLLYBUSH
And The Surrounding District
Archive of Reports and Anecdotes
Reports Page 19
Magg, James
James Magg, Castlemorton, Tailor, was summoned for allowing his donkey to stray on the highway, at Castlemorton, on the 31st Jan. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
Published: Saturday 18 February 1865
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
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Mayo, James
James Mayo, of Castlemorton, tailor, was summoned for allowing donkey to stray on certain highway on the ult. Fined 8s 6d and costs, having been previously convicted
Published: Wednesday 22 February 1865
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle
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McLeod, John 1858
This morning John McLeod, grocer, of Castlemorton, was publicly examined bankruptcy before Mr. Registrar Allen, at the Guildhall. He returned his gross liabilities at £184 1. 8d and his assets at £42. 16. 9d from which £13 would be deducted as rent due, leaving £29 16s 9d to pay the unsecured creditors, so that there was deficiency of over £140. In reply to the Official Receiver (Mr. C. M. Downes) the debtor said up till March of last year he had helped his mother in the grocery business. In that month she relinquished it in his favour. The stock was worth about £4, and an arrangement was made by which he was to pay his mother £16 year rent. He had no capital, excepting five pigs, and he carried on business obtaining credit. He had kept no statement of affairs, and did not know what his turnover had been during the months. During that period he must have had something like £1,000 worth of goods. The examination was closed.
Published: Saturday 24 October 1885
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle
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Molle, John 1400-
Resident of Castlemorton 4 April 1440, householder, E 179/200/75, m. 2 (tax assessment, aft. 4 April 1440). Entry in England’s Immigrants 1330-1550
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Moore, William
On the 24th of May last Sergeant Checketts, stationed at Welland, received information that young man of the name of William Moore, a native of Castlemorton, but who has been in the police force at Birmingham till within a short time ago, had been passing several base half-crown pieces a beerhouse the parish of Castlemorton, and since then the sergeant has been on the look-out for him. On the 31st ult he met him Hanley Castle, and was induced to watch him. On going to the Three Kings' beer-house to inquire if Moore had been there, he found that he and a man of the name of Joseph Creese bad been there some time, and that Creese had passed five-shilling piece, which Checketts saw was a bad one; he at once apprehended Creese on that charge, handcuffed him, and consigned him to the care of the beer-house keeper. He then pulled off his uniform, disguised himself, and went pursuit of Moore, whom he traced near to Great Malvern, and there overtook him on searching him the sergeant found on his person six five-shilling pieces and two half-crown pieces, all base money. The prisoner said, If I had known you when you had been two yards off, you would not have found that upon me. On the road to the station he said, At the mint where it made, in Birmingham, there is from three to five millions of money, but this was the first lot they could induce me to have, and if I can get out of this, I will take care to do nothing of the kind again, un the 30th ult. the prisoners hired a horse and gig at the Star, Upton-on-Severn, to attend the yeomanry review. We have not heard of what success they met with there, but on their return they tendered base half-crown piece at Mrs. Clark's, Ketch Inn, also a crown-piece to Mrs, Pardoe, at the Talbot Inn, Kempsey, but did not succeed at either of these places not so, however, at many other places. The prisoners were remanded till the 5th inst., to give time to communicate with the Mint, and on that day they were fully committed for trial by the Rev. A. B. Lechmere, but admitted to bail in £40 each, and two sureties in £20 each. The base money is well executed, but very much too light.
Published: Saturday 14 June 1851
Newspaper: Hereford Times
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Onions, Martin
Upton upon Severn Petty Sessions. Before Colonel Scobell (chairman) and Major Tennant. School Attendance Cases. Martin Onions, fruit and poultry dealer, Castlemorton, was charged with neglecting to send his child to school. Defendant having been fined before was now ordered to pay 5s and 5s 6d. costs. Mr. W. H. Wilcox, school attendance officer, appeared to prosecute.
Published: Saturday 30 August 1902
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle
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Parker, George
George Parker, of Castlemorton, was summoned for using indecent language at Upton on Christmas Eve at II o-clock. P.C. Ashford proved the case, and defendant was fined 5s with 5s 6d costs.
Published: Friday 02 January 190
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
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Phillips, William
Upton Petty Sessions. Thursday, April 25. Thomas Hooper, horse dealer and beer-house keeper, of Castlemorton, was charged by Superintendent Petford with having cruelly ill-treated a horse, driven by himself, on Tuesday, the 16th instant, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided. Mr. Holland appeared for the defendant. Mr. John Harris, of Welland, stated that on the 16th inst. he saw the defendant and another man, named Phillips, coming up the road from Castlemorton toward Upton with a horse and cart each; they were going very fast, he should think at the rate thirteen miles hour, sometimes trotting and sometimes cantering, passing and repassing each other; was then standing the door of his house, which about forty yards from the turnpike road they were on. The defendant (Hooper) was then beating his horse with a whip rather furiously. He understood they were racing for £2, from Castlemorton to Upton. On their return from Upton they had quantity of coal in each cart; they were then coming very fast, but not fast as when going to Upton, As they passed Mrs. Green's cart, which was by the side of the road being loaded with manure, the horse took fright at the rattling noise made by them, and after going a short distance ran the cart against gate-post, and the shaft of the cart was near entering the body of a man named Wheeler, the carter, who was trying stop the horse. Several witnesses having given their evidence, the Bench dismissed the first charge, that of cruelty to the horse, the evidence not being so conclusive with regard to the instrument used, and the pain inflicted upon the poor animal, as they deemed necessary substantiate it. With regard the second charge, that of furiously driving, they considered it was clearly proved, and therefore fined the defendant £3, and 15s 6d costs. A pig-dealer, named William Phillips, of Castlemorton, who run the race with Hooper, was fined in the same penalty and costs. With regard to this case, a contemporary states that these fellows, after their day's work, raced their poor animals from Welland to Castlemorton; then, without any rest, having harnessed the horses, they raced all the way to Upton, took in half ton of coal each, and then galloped back, doing the double distance of eleven miles between Castlemorton and Upton, besides loading the carts, in an hour and twenty-six minutes. Neither of the poor animals has four legs to stand on; and nothing but the most unfeeling brutality could have got them along at such pace. It will be seen that the life of a human being was very nearly sacrificed to the reckless cruelty of the fellows
Published: Thursday 02 May 1844
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
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Powell, Frederick
Albert Young and Frederick Powell, two youths, of Castlemorton, were summoned by Emil Croswick, a retired engineering, residing in Castlemorton, for using threatening language. The Bench inflicted a fine of 10s and 7s 6d costs each.
Published: Saturday 07 March 1908
Newspaper: Gloucester Journal
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Powell, George 1849-1906
A Castlemorton farmer, Mr. George Powell, was returning home after fetching a load of coal from Malvern Wells Station, when the horse shied at a street organ, and the cart was overturned. Powell commenced to pick up some the coal when he suddenly fell back and expired. He was 57 years of age.
Published: Saturday 15 December 1906
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
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Renford, John 1580-
Leased the assart of land on the 1628 map, by Hollybush.
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Rogers, Ann
Ann Rogers of Castlemorton was fined 1s for allowing her pony to stray. She did not appear.
Published: Saturday 12 October 1901
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle
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Rogers, Fank
Ordered to pay 5s 6d costs for neglecting to send children to school regularly. Frank Rogers and William Hall, Castlemorton.
Published: 27 October 1900
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Rogers, Thomas
Thomas Rogers, blacksmith, of Castlemorton, was summoned by P.S. Potts for selling cider without a license at Castlemorton, on the 12th ult. Frederick Hill gave evidence for the prosecution and Luke Rogers for the defence. The case was adjourned for a fortnight for the production of further evidence. 8 August 1868, Worcester Journal
Thomas Rogers, Castlemorton, was summoned for using defective weights to sell bread. Williams said defendant's wife was delivering bread without any scales or weights. Fined and costs.
Published: Saturday 09 September 1893
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle