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Quorn Crime and Punishment

Those seeking family history connections should treat this section with caution! Here are recorded the misdemeanours of villagers and the subsequent punishments meted out by the courts. Here are also records of civil actions, debtors and bankruptcies.


 A letter from Quorn Parish Council regarding the US 82nd Airborne Division  A letter from Quorn Parish Council regarding the US 82nd Airborne Division
Below is a letter from the Quorn Parish Council, dated 20th September 1944 and addressed ...... cont.
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 Condemned to Death for Sheep Stealing, 1828  Condemned to Death for Sheep Stealing, 1828
On 9th August 1828 the Leicester Chronicle reported that William Rudkin aged 47, his son ...... cont.
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 William Henry Norman (PC Billy Norman) 1889 to 1958  William Henry Norman (PC Billy Norman) 1889 to 1958
William Henry (Billy) Norman was born on 29th March 1889 in Oadby. After distinguished ...... cont.
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 PC Billy Norman – served in Quorn 1930 to 1944  PC Billy Norman – served in Quorn 1930 to 1944
In the 1980s and 1990s Harry Limbert, who lived in Quorn talked to a lot of the older ...... cont.
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 Loughborough workhouse-master from Quorn sent for trial, January 1939  Loughborough workhouse-master from Quorn sent for trial, January 1939
Loughborough Monitor, January 19th 1939 Former Loughborough Workhouse-Master Sent For ...... cont.
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 1834 letter from Ann Carter, Quorn, to the Mayor of New York  1834 letter from Ann Carter, Quorn, to the Mayor of New York
In 2015 a letter came up for sale which was written in 1834 by 43 year old Ann Carter ...... cont.
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 An Obstreperous Nun in Quorn!  An Obstreperous Nun in Quorn!
An Obstreperous Nun Edinburgh Evening News – Friday 25th December 1885 At ...... cont.
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 Animosity to Cyclists - 1896  Animosity to Cyclists - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 5th November 1896 William Richardson, butcher, Quorn, pleaded ...... cont.
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 Nineteen years character gone  Nineteen years character gone
Loughborough Herald - 24th May 1917 Richard Footit, signalman, Quorn, was summoned ...... cont.
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 List of Parish Constables – Quorn 1784 to 1835  List of Parish Constables – Quorn 1784 to 1835
This list was taken from the Quorndon Vestry Meeting minute book. Vestry Meetings were an ...... cont.
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 Administration Order - 1915  Administration Order - 1915
Loughborough Herald - 2nd December 1915 At the Loughborough County Court on Tuesday ...... cont.
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 Obscene language at Quorn  Obscene language at Quorn
Loughborough Echo - 7th September 1928 PC Cave, giving evidence against Joseph ...... cont.
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 Rabbit v Ferret - 1926  Rabbit v Ferret - 1926
Loughborough Echo - 26th March 1926 Harold James, Station Road, Quorn, sued Walter ...... cont.
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 Hay and Straw Dealer's Affairs - 1905  Hay and Straw Dealer's Affairs - 1905
Loughborough Herald - 28th September 1905 Re Ernest Henry Ward, residing at Mansfield ...... cont.
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 Attempted wife murder by Quorndon man - 1870  Attempted wife murder by Quorndon man - 1870
Loughborough Advertiser - 13th October 1870 On Monday a shocking attempt was made to ...... cont.
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 Furious driving at Quorn - 1899  Furious driving at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 13th July 1899 Wednesday – Before Rev R Burton (in the chair), ...... cont.
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 Soldiers fined for taking army truck - 1953  Soldiers fined for taking army truck - 1953
Loughborough Monitor - 26th June 1953 Two Quorn soldiers who drove away an Army truck ...... cont.
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 Theft of bones - 1881  Theft of bones - 1881
Birmingham Daily Post - January 6th 1881 On Tuesday at the Quarter Sessions, William ...... cont.
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 Alleged attempted suicide at Quorn - 1897  Alleged attempted suicide at Quorn - 1897
A very sad tale - resulting in a custodial sentence. Loughborough Herald - 28th ...... cont.
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 Petty Sessions.  Quorn man steals - 1918  Petty Sessions. Quorn man steals - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 28th February 1918 Walter Worker, farm labourer, Quorn, was ...... cont.
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 Tell-tale letters - 1919  Tell-tale letters - 1919
Loughborough Herald - 12th June 1919 Thomas William Smith, labourer, Great Casterton, ...... cont.
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 Theft at Quorn - 1899  Theft at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Monitor and Herald Ann Keyte, widow, of no fixed abode, was charged with ...... cont.
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 Quorndon Association for the Prosecution of Felons  Quorndon Association for the Prosecution of Felons
During the 1700s, there was no police force and it was victims and private individuals ...... cont.
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 Obscene Language at Quorn  Obscene Language at Quorn
Loughborough Herald - 22nd October 1896 Charles Marden, painter, Quorn, pleaded guilty ...... cont.
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 An excise offence - 1898  An excise offence - 1898
Loughborough Herald - January 27th 1898 Wednesday – Before Rev R Burton (in the ...... cont.
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Total: 104 artefacts returned over 5 pages


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