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Last name First name(s) Age Occupation Place of Birth Offence Place of trial County Date of trial Sentence Source Discharge or Transport Date Gaol or Prison Place Other details
Preece Walter 49 Joiner   Stealing on the 8th June, 1880, at Wednesbury, twelve wood blocks, on the 12th June one bucket full of wood blocks, and on the 16th June ten pieces of timber, the property of George Widdowson Stafford SAL 30 Jun 1880 Not guilty UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece Walter 17 Painter   Stealing the sum of £18 15s, the monies of Russell Charles Barnett, his master Clerkenwell MDX 10 Jun 1879 3 calendar months, Cold Bath Fields Prison UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece Walter 48     Begging Marlborough Street LND 14 Nov 1922 3 months imprisonment UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details     As Joseph Cerage
Preece Walter 39     Contravening Expulsion Order Penarth GLA 3 Dec 1913 3 months imprisonment UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details     As Antonio Riozzie
Preece Walter 38     Stealing money Bridport GLA 28 Dec 1912 1 month imprisonment and Expulsion Order UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details     As Antonio Riozzie
Preece Walter 49 Night watchman   Incorrigible rogue, begging Newington LND 20 Mar 1923 4 months hard labour UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929   Wandsworth Prison  
Preece William 66 Victualler   Feloniously Receiving Kent KEN 27 Oct 1856 Not guilty Central Criminal Court: After Trial Calendars of Prisoners      
Preece William 55 Labourer   Stealing one pike and one hayknife Trelough HEF 15 Mar 1852 4 months hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 45     Larceny Shrewsbury SAL 2 Jan 1843 Not guilty Home Office: criminal registers and Wales, 1805-1892      
Preece William 56 Labourer   Stealing one oak slab Withington HEF 18 Mar 1856 3 weeks imprisonment with hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 35     Larceny before convicted of felony Worcester WOR 28 Jun 1841 Not guilty Home Office: criminal registers and Wales, 1805-1892      
Preece William 35     Larceny Shrewsbury SAL 16 Oct 1843 14 days hard labour England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William 40 Labourer   Night poaching being armed Shrewsbury SAL 5 May 1853 7 years transportation All UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951     Married, 5 children, wife's name Fanny
Preece William 30     Larceny Hereford HEF 26 Jun 1848 12 months imprisonment England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William 25     Larceny Stafford STS 8 Mar 1848 6 months imprisonment England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William 42     Housebreaking and Larceny Newington LND 3 Sep 1866 7 years penal servitude England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876      
Preece William 23     Stealing boots from Oxford Workhouse Oxford OXF 18 Oct 1852 7 years transportation England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876      
Preece William 14     House breaking - stealing flour, bacon, bread and other articles Hereford HEF 29 Jul 1843 10 years transportation England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William 21 Labourer   Embezzling one pair of boots and one shirt Leominster HEF 03 Jan 1853   Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 23 Farm servant   Stealing one bushel of peas Yazor HEF 01 Jan 1855 2 months imprisonment with hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 49 Gardener Leominster Debt Hereford HEF 14 Aug 1893 14 days or 13s 8d fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 28 Labourer   Stealing on the 9th of July, 1875, at Westbromwich, thirty-five hundred weight of iron, the property of James Bridges and others Stafford STS 18 Oct 1875 Imprisonment with hard labour for 9 calendar months, in the House of Correction at Stafford UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 21 Labourer   Breaking and entering at Llandyssil on the 25th day of December, 1867, the building of William Alsop, and stealing therein one bushel and half of Barley Welshpool MGY 2 Jan 1868 Imprisonment with hard labour for ten weeks UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 15 Labourer   Breaking, entering and stealing a quantity of bread and cheese Hereford HEF 1835   Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 13 In school   Stealing knives, razors and other articles Hereford HEF 20 Mar 1865 1 month imprisonment and 5 years Reformatory Gloucestershire, Prison Records, 1728-1914   Hardwicke Reformatory 3 previous convictions
Preece William 30 Labourer Callow Assaulting a female Hereford HEF 20 Dec 1884 14 days Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 30 Labourer Callow Assaulting a police constable. PCF x3 Hereford HEF 07 Jan 1885 7 days hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 30 Labourer Callow Assault Hereford HEF 17 Oct 1885 2 calendar months hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 17 Labourer   Stealing a pair of trousers, a vest, a jacket, a hat, two pairs stockings, two shirts, and a handkerchief, on the 22nd June, 1872, at the parish of Powick, the property of James Stallard Worcester WOR 16 Oct 1872 Imprisonment with hard labour for three calendar months UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 15 Farm servant   Stealing a certain donkey, the property of William Powell, at Ewyas Harold, on the 30th July, 1873 Ewyas Harold HEF 13 Oct 1873 6 weeks hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 19 Barman   Maliciously wounding Annie Preece Clerkenwell MDX 19 May 1879 Not guilty UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 32 Labourer Hereford Assault PC Hereford HEF 07 Jun 1898 21 days hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 32 Labourer Hereford Assault PC Hereford HEF 07 Jun 1898 21 days hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 20 Labourer Sellick Wilful Damage Ross HEF 08 Jan 1886 1 calendar month hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 25 Labourer Hereford Assault a river constable Hereford HEF 09 Jul 1892 6 weeks hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 26 Labourer Hereford Fish poaching Hereford HEF 10 Mar 1894 1 calendar month hard labour or 56s fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 31 Drover Hereford Drunk and disorderly Hereford HEF 02 Feb 1899 7 days hard labour or 10s fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 32 Drover Hereford Offence against the bye laws ( indecently making water in the street) Hereford HEF 22 Nov 1900 7 days or 13/- Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 41 Drover Hereford Stealing wool = 10/- Hereford HEF 19 Jun 1909 Fined 10s [discharged on re-examination] Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 41 Labourer Hereford Stealing wood = 10/- Hereford HEF 29 Jun 1909 7 days hard labour or 10s fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 43 Drover Hereford Found on enclosed premises at 12 o'clock midnight Hereford HEF 27 Oct 1911 14 days hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 26 Hawker Hereford Fighting in the public street Hereford HEF 17 Aug 1896 3 days or 13s fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 26 Labourer Hereford Vagrancy and sleeping out Hereford HEF 29 Aug 1896 7 days hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 32 Drover Hereford 1. Illtreating sheep 2. Illtreating sheep Hereford HEF 11 Sep 1902 1. 7 days hard labour or 20s fine  2. 7 days hard labour or 33s 6d fine - concurrently Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 47 Attendant   Indecently assaulting James Mandell Old Bailey LND 25 Apr 1917 Not guilty UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 35 Labourer Hereford Non compliance with school attendance order Hereford HEF 07 May 1906 14 days or 22s 6d fine - 3rd Div. Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 22 Labourer Herefordshire Drunk and disorderly Kington HEF 18 May 1893 10 days hard labour or 12s fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 37 Labourer Hereford Neglect of children Hereford HEF 08 Jul 1909 6 weeks hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 23 Baker Leominster Assault Leominster HEF 26 Jun 1895 21 days hard labour Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 37 Labourer Hereford Education Act Hereford HEF 08 Aug 1910 14 days imprisonment or £1 5s 6d fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 11 Schoolboy Ross Stealing 3 tame fowls Ross HEF 20 Mar 1885 10 days imprisonment & 5 years Reformatory Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 30 Labourer hereford 1.Non compliance with S.A.J (3 Offences) Hereford HEF 11 Sep 1905 1. 5 days or 5s fine  2. 5 days or 5s fine  3. 5 days or 7s 6d fine (Concurrently) Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 29 Brass dresser   On the 8th, March, 1907, at Wolverhampton, feloniously killing and slaying William Preece the younger Stafford STS 10 Jul 1907 Not guilty UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 33 Agent   Unlawfully, knowingly, and designedly, by a certain false pretence, did obtain of and from Joseph Edward Lang, three bankers cheques, on the 20th October 1914 Salisbury WIL 8 Jan 1915 3 months had labour to cover all misdemeanours and crimes to date, whether Warrants have been issued or not UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929     Punishment covers all 4 charges on this date
Preece William 33 Agent   Unlawfully, knowingly, and designedly, by a certain false pretence, did obtain of and from Francis Herbert Wright a bankers cheque for payment of the value of £40, at Salisbury, on 21st October 1914 Salisbury WIL 8 Jan 1915 3 months had labour to cover all misdemeanours and crimes to date, whether Warrants have been issued or not UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929     Punishment covers all 4 charges on this date
Preece William 33 Agent   Unlawfully, knowingly, and designedly by certain false pretences, did falsely pretend that an order produced by him to the said Francis Herbert Wright for the payment of the sum of £40 was a valid order Salisbury WIL 8 Jan 1915 3 months had labour to cover all misdemeanours and crimes to date, whether Warrants have been issued or not UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929     Punishment covers all 4 charges on this date
Preece William 33 Agent   Further charged, by consent, on Warrant under hand and seal of T. Donnelly, dated 5th December, 1914, Justice of the Peace for the County Borough of Blackpool, for the apprehension of said William Preece for unlawfully and knowingly, by certain false pretences, obtaining of and from James Henry Story, the sum of £5 in money, his money, with intent to cheat and defraud, on 27th September 1914, at Blackpool Salisbury WIL 8 Jan 1915 3 months had labour to cover all misdemeanours and crimes to date, whether Warrants have been issued or not UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929     Punishment covers all 4 charges on this date
Preece William 43 Cattle salesman   1st indictment : On 12th July, 1925, at East Molesey, marrying Amy Dean, his wife Margaret then being alive. 2nd indictment : On 1 September, 1925, at Great Marlow, incurred a debt to Thomas Lacey Morris, for £331 10s, under false pretences, or by means of fraud Aylesbury BKM 13 Jan 1926 Not guilty on first indictment, pleaded guilty on second indictment - six months in the Second Division UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929     Previous conviction Salisbury 1915
Preece William 15     Stealing a bicycle Houghton-le-Spring DUR 17 Jun 1924 Fined 10s UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details      
Preece William 12     Stealing two £1 Treasury Notes Sunderland DUR 12 Jan 1920 Bound over UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details      
Preece William 17 Rivet catcher   Stealing at Sunderland, on 10th July 1924, one bicycle, the property of Norman Douglas Sunderland DUR 10 Oct 1924 Two years detention in Borstal Institution UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 19 Rivet catcher   On 30th July 1927, at Sunderland, stealing one bicycle, the property of William Thornton ; 2nd charge: On 2nd August 1927, at Sunderland, breaking and entering the shop of Harry Bulmer, and stealing therein 4 one pound Treasury Notes, 2 ten shilling Treasury Notes, £1 in silver money, 18 packets of cigarettes, and a quantity of matches, his property Sunderland DUR 29 Sep 1927 6 months hard labour (concurrent on each charge UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 20 Labourer   On 17th May, 1928, at Sunderland, stealing a garden spray, and other articles, value £1, the property of Isabella Hebron Sunderland DUR 29 Jun 1928 8 months hard labour UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William 15 Fisherman Hereford Unlawful fishing Hereford HEF 26 Jun 1882 7 days imprisonment or pay 15s 6d fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William       Debt County Court Hereford HEF 17 Oct 1905 14 days hard labour or 41s 7d fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preese William 47 Bootmaker   Stealing the sum of £15 — LND 1876 Enter into his own recognances in £20, to appear for judgement when called upon Calendar of prisoners      
Prease William       Larceny — CON 1821 1 month imprisonment Home Office: criminal registers and Wales, 1805-1892      
Preece William 19 Labourer   Stealing Shrewsbury SAL 4 Aug 1819 7 years Transportation England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 27 Oct 1819   Transported on board "Coromandel" to New South Wales
Preece William       Horse stealing Worcester WOR 9 Mar 1822 Death - commuted to Life Transportation England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935 22 Apr 1824   Transported on board "Ocean" to New South Wales
Preece William 35 Collier Broseley, Salop Breach of the peace Rotherham YKS 16 Aug 1887 14 days imprisonment or fine £15 West Yorkshire, Prison Records, 1801-1914   HMP Wakefield  
Preece William 23 Cordwainer   Larceny after conviction Oxford OXF 18 Oct 1852 7 years penal servitude UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871      
Preece William 40 Labourer   Night poaching with others, being armed Shrewsbury SAL 21 Mar 1853 7 years UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871     Married
Preece William 14     Housebreaking Hereford HEF 29 Jul 1843 10 years transportation UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871      
Preece William 42 Clerk   Housebreaking and Larceny Newington LND 3 Sep 1866 7 years penal servitude UK, Criminal Records, 1780-1871      
Preece William       Larceny Hereford HEF 15 Mar 1852 4 months imprisonment England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William 37 Hatter Staffordshire Tendering to Wm Simcock on 23 December a piece of fake and counterfeit coin intended to resemble a shilling, well knowing it to be false and counterfeit, and with having on the same day tendered to one Wm Davenport one other counterfeit shilling. Manchester LAN 29 Dec 1851 6 calendar months hard labour England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892     Blind in left eye.
Preece William       Larceny Warwick WAR 22 Oct 1852 1 month imprisonment England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William       Stealing a brown horse colt Hereford Assizes HEF 31 Mar 1830 Death penalty Hereford Times       
Preece William Edward 25 Tailor   Obtaining by false pretences from Frederick Tresham, a pair of shoes, the property of John Hodges Bale, with intent to defraud, on the 5th August, 1891. Also, obtaining by false pretences from Edwin Potter, a leather handbag, his property, on the 7th August, 1891 Wells SOM 21 Oct 1891 Pleaded guilty to both charges, 14 days hard labour at Shepton Mallet UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929      
Preece William George 27 Labourer Ocle [Pychard] Stealing an overcoat Hereford HEF 16 May 1898 14 days hard labour or pay 20s fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William Goodwin       On the 12th day of August, 1889, at the County Court of Shropshire, holden at Shrewsbury, before his Honour Judge Jordan, wilfull and corrupt perjury as a witness on the hearing of a cause of Preece and another v Trueman and Wife Shrewsbury SAL 9 Dec 1889 Acquitted England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892      
Preece William Henry 13 Mason's boy   Breaking, entering and stealing two pounds of gold coin of the realm, an eye glass, a pocket knife, and a bunch of keys Walford HEF 04 Apr 1881 10 days imprisonment with hard labour and 5 years in a Reformatory Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William James 35 Labourer Hereford Assault Hereford HEF 18 Jun 1901 1 calendar month hard labour or £2 12s 6d fine Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William James 43     Assault Birmingham WAR 15 Mar 1911 2 months imprisonment UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details      
Preece William James 40     Neglect of family Birmingham WAR 27 Nov 1908 1 month imprisonment UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details      
Preece William James 39     Assault Birmingham WAR 30 Jul 1907 2 months imprisonment UK Calendar of Prisoners, previous conviction details      
Preece William James 45 Labourer   At Birmingham, on the 18th January 1913, did unlawfully and maliciously wound Joseph Gannon the elder Birmingham WAR 26 Feb 1913 9 months hard labour UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929     Convicted 4 times previously for drunkenness
Preece William James 24 Labourer Hereford 1. Assault 2. Drunk and disorderly Hereford HEF 14 Feb 1893 1. 1 calendar month hard labour or 33s fine  2. 14 days hard labour (Consecutively) Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William Thomas 23 Labourer   Stealing a watch and a chain, the property of Thomas Saycell, at Grafton, on 29th September 1875 Grafton HEF 18 Oct 1875 Acquitted Herefordshire Prison Register Index      
Preece William 29     Horse stealing Hereford HEF 25 Mar 1830 Life transportation England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876 25 Jun 1830   Sent on board "Royal George" to Van Diemens Land