Crime Reports Stratton St. Margaret 1900-1949 1900 – William BUNCE and Thomas ILES, labourers, of Stratton, fined for not sending children to school. Citizen 23-02-1900. -Ernest PANTING, baker, of Stratton, fined for driving with no lights. Citizen 23-02-1900. -Emily BREAKSPEARE, servant of Stratton, stealing £11 from John LOVERIDGE, of Stratton on September 5th. Three months prison. Citizen 04-04-1890. -Albert HEWER, 14, with embezzling 6s, from his employer, W.J. COX, dairyman, Stratton. He collected the money and told his master the account had not been paid. Bound over. Citizen 11-12-1900. 1901 -Millicent WEBB, of Gypsy Lane, Stratton was charged by NSPCC with neglecting her four children. She had been charged and cautioned before. Given 2 months hard labour. Swindon Advertiser 18- 01-1901. -Charles FROUD brought up charged with being a deserter. Remanded to await an escort. Swindon Advertiser 08-03-1901. -Frederick & Arthur ARCHER for damaging a fox trap value 2s 6d. To pay 11s 6d damages, costs and fine. Swindon Advertiser 15-03-1901. -Harry DYKE, a brewer’s traveller of Stratton for riding his bicycle with no lights. Fined 1s and 7s costs. Swindon Advertiser 26-04-1901. Arthur COOK, baker of Stratton against Michael GALE, GWR riveter of Gorse Hill, claim for £18 19s 5d for bread and flour. Debt to be paid at 3s per month. Swindon Advertiser 26-04-1901. -Frank RUSSELL, farmer of Stratton, fined £1 including costs for driving a bull, exceeding 18 months, without being properly secured. Citizen 31-05-1901 -William HALE, labourer of Stratton, bound over for three months for assaulting his brother George HALE. Citizen 31-05-1901 -Geo. R STANLEY of Fairview Terrace, for not sending his son to school regularly, when wife laughed at this, she was made to pay entire costs of 10s 5d. The child was 12 and had missed 82 days. Swindon Advertiser 06-09-1901. -Jasper TURNER, labourer of Stratton, for obstructing Hythe Road, Swindon for 50 minutes on Oct 3rd. Costs 2s 6d. Swindon Advertiser 18-10-1901. -Enos William TARRANT, a labourer of Stratton for being drunk & disorderly at 3:30 this morning. Agreed to go to Workhouse. Swindon Advertiser 27-12-1901. 1902 -Frederick BLUNSDEN, 14 of Stratton, for stealing a pack of cards and 1d from William H DAY, of Stratton Reading Rooms on Jan 5th. Bound over. Swindon Advertiser 10-01-1902. -George RUSSELL, dealer of Stratton, for allowing 2 horses to stray on highway at Stanton. ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2020/Nigel Chalk Page 1 of 11 Fined 1s each plus costs. Swindon Advertiser 24-01-1901. -George RUSSELL, dealer of Stratton, for allowing two heifers to stray at Stratton on May 5th. Fined 5s and 5s 6d costs. Swindon Advertiser 16-05-1902. -George RUSSELL, dealer of Stratton in trouble again. At Faringdon Petty Sessions for using insulting language on 6th May, in Faringdon Market Place. Fined £1 8s and 12s costs. Swindon Advertiser 30-05-1902. -John OSMAN, Victoria Cottages, Stratton. Administration Order. Citizen 29-05-1902. -Henry Lewis, labourer of Stratton for being drunk on 6th July. Fined 2s 6d and 5s costs. Swindon Advertiser 18-07-1902. -Thomas CONSTABLE for being in arrears on Bastardy Order, Bench ordered arrears to be paid at 2s 6d per week. Swindon Advertiser 18-07-1902. -William Procter, a tramp was charged with smashing glass panes and tearing up his blanket, while in the Workhouse. Committed for 1 months hard labour. Swindon Advertiser 01-08-1902 -Henry James FORD, baker, of Stratton, wilful damage by catapult, breaking panes of glass of North Wilts Equitable Society’s Jubilee cottages, 10s fine 6d damages and £1 1s solicitors fee. Swindon Advertiser 12- 09-1902. Thomas SMITH of Upper Stratton for attempting to commit suicide by cutting his own throat. Committed for trial from Police court. Swindon Advertiser 12-09-1902. -William ILES, of Stratton Green, was charged with stealing a side of bacon, value £2, was committed to gaol for one month, with hard labour. Faringdon Advertiser 21-09-1902 -Thomas SMITH, labourer, charged with attempted suicide, by cutting his own throat on June 28th at Stratton. Bound over. The Western Daily Press 15-10-1902. -Fred FORD, baker of Stratton, charged with being drunk and disorderly, also assaulting P.C. Crouch. Fined 5s and 5s 6d cost, plus 20s and 6s costs for the assault. Citizen 24-10-1902. -Enos LAWRENCE for not sending child to school regularly, fined 5s. Swindon Advertiser 05-12-1902. -Thomas Smith, of Upper Stratton, was brought up in custody charged with having, on June 28th last, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat, – Prisoner was committed for trial, and reserved his defence. Bail was allowed. Swindon Advertiser 12-12-1902. 1903 Raymond TOOMBS, 22, baker, for stealing four iron bars, worth 10s, the property of Albert HAINES, of Stratton. Six months hard labour. The Western Daily Press 07-01-1903. -Henry James SMITH, 9, of Stratton, bound over for stealing a bicycle lamp and a carriage lamp. Mother warned to pay better attention. Citizen 16-01-1903. -Harry TAYLOR of Stratton Green for allowing an ass to stray. Fined 1s and costs. Swindon Advertiser 23- 01-1903. -John MATTHEWS, carter of Stratton for not having control of horse & cart at Shrivenham on 16th Feb. Given 16 days in gaol. Swindon Advertiser 13-03-1903. -Edwin PONTIN, 49, labourer, for stealing a pair of gloves, value 2s 6d, the property of Thomas PEARCE, of Stratton. On 27th January. Six months imprisonment. Citizen 09-04-1903. -Cyclist in trouble – Benjamin Austin, labourer of Lower Stratton for dangerous cycling 1s plus costs, and Edward Attwood of Swindon for riding on pavement in Cricklade Road, 3s 6d. also John Smith of Kingsdown for obstructing Regent Street with a cart fined 5s. Swindon Advertiser 10-04-1903. -Edwin PONTER, labourer of Stratton for stealing a pair of gloves value 2s 6d, the property of Thomas PEARE, of the White Hart. Having previous convictions, he was given six months hard labour. Swindon Advertiser 10-04-1903. -Harry NEWPORT, labourer of Stratton, for not sending his daughter Ellen, 13, to school. Bench made attendance order and fined of 2s 5d plus costs. Swindon Advertiser 17-04-1903. -George Henry SMITH and William WARREN, carters, of Stratton, charged with not having ©Wiltshire OPC Project/2020/Nigel Chalk Page 2 of 11 proper control of horses they were driving. Fined 10s each including costs. The Western Daily Press 21-04- 1903. -Frederick STEVENS, tinsmith of Stratton for using obscene language, fined 3s and 7s 6d costs. Swindon Advertiser 01-05-1903. Herbert ROBINSON, labourer of Stratton, for breach of contract with Albert Snook, farmer of South Marston. Left before end of 12-month contract, bench fined him £1 and 8s costs. He now has better job at Stratton Sewerage works. Swindon Advertiser 01-05-1903. -Thurza RICHENS, married woman, of Stratton, for assaulting a little lad of eight. The child was returning home from school when she threw him into a bed of nettles, nearly blinging him. When fine of 5s and 15s costs imposed she became violent and had to be removed by police. Citizen 29-05-1903. Henry ILES of Lower Stratton for furiously driving a horse and trap and then driving without lights that night. Fined 15s and 24s costs. Swindon Advertiser 26-06-1903. -Enos LAWRENCE, labourer of Stratton for neglecting to send his children to school, fined 2s 6d per child. John Hammond was similarly charged and given an attendance order. Swindon Advertiser 10-07-1903. -Frank HOLLIDAY, William ALGAR, Edgar ALGAR and Frank COMLEY, of Stratton, obtained drinks at Plough Inn & Harrow in at Wanborough under false representations of their travels. Fined 15s each, or seven days. Citizen 31-07-1903 & Swindon Advertiser 31-07-1903. -Arthur BEAMS, labourer of Stratton, affiliation order by Ruth RODBOURNE of Stratton. Ordered to pay 2s 6d until child is 14 plus £2 12s costs. Swindon Advertiser 28-08-1903. -Alfred STEVENS, Highworth Road, Stratton was summoned by Martha STEVENS for assault. Bound over for 6 months at £40, plus 11s 6d costs. Swindon Advertiser 28-08-1903. George FARMER of Stratton was bound over for striking the 12-year-old son of Louisa BOWLES of Stratton with 5s costs. Swindon Advertiser 04-09-1903. -Geroge COLLETT, labourer of Stratton summoned for using bad language. Fined 5s and 16s 6d costs or 7 days. Swindon Advertiser 09-10-1903. -Arthur BEAVIS, Lower Stratton, for arrears of £3 4s 6d on affiliation order with Ruth RODBOURNE, committed for one month. Swindon Advertiser 09-10-1903. -Thomas BREWER, a labourer, of Stratton, sent to gaol for 14 days in default of paying fine for smashing window of Bell Inn, Liddington, after he had been ejected. Citizen 16-10-1903. -Alfred George EDWARDS, 37, a ship’s cook, for stealing a silver watch and chain, value 3 guineas, the property of Ernest Edward PAWLING at Stratton on June 19th. 4 months hard labour. Swindon Advertiser 23-10-1903. -Jone BARNES for assault on stepfather Charles KEENE. Dismissed as Mr Keene did not attend. Swindon Advertiser 13-11-1903. -William TITCOMBE, labourer of Stratton, for being drunk and disorderly on 4th. Fined 2s 6d and 5s costs. Swindon Advertiser 20-11-1903. -Frederick MOORE, oil dealer of Stratton, for assaulting his wife on the 18th. Order was granted, fined £2and bound over for 6 months. Swindon Advertiser 20-11-1903. -Elizabeth HAWKINS, married woman of Stratton, for neglecting her children. Fortnight gaol, with hard labour, husband told he would be given month to effect an improvement.