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Ancestor John Rees Grewcock was found guilty in 1871 at Newcastle of obtaining money by false pretences. It was his second offence. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison. I would like to have details of this trial.
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I can't find any reference to the 1871 case, but have found three articles related to his embezzling money from the South Shields & Jarrow Gas Company in 1866. I assume you have these.
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Hi
If someone has access to the British Newspaper Archives I think this may be relevant?
Newcastle Courant Tyne and Wear, England
24 Mar 1871
LOCAL POLICE NEWS
out. I ALLEGED FORGERY BY AN ASSURANCE SOCIETM's AGENT.-At the Newcastle Police Court, on Tiles day, before the. Mayor (It. B. Sanderson, Esq.) atd Aldermen Hedley and Pollard, Johnr Grewcock, (adis sees, was charged with forging proposals for enrol- niient
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Hi
Thanks GR2 and Giggsycat! I don't have those reports of the 1866 case, or the 1971 one either. I would like to see them! Much obliged for your prompt replies!
Telsurrey
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Newcastle Courant - Friday 24 March 1871
ALLEDGED FORGERY BY AN ASSURANCE SOCIETY'S AGENT.
At the Newcastle Police Court, on Tuesday, before the Mayor (R.B. Sanderson, esq) and Aldermen Hedley and Pollard, John Grewcock, alias Rees, was charged with forging proposals for enrolment in the Integrity Life Assurance and Sick Benefit Society, 30, Wellington Strand, London, and thereby defrauding the society. Evidence was given by a representative of the society to the effect that prisoner had made application to become an agent in Newcastle to the society; and in consequence of representing himself to be very poor, a special agreement was made with him, by which he would receive the commission sooner than in the usual course. Prisoner had sent to the chief office some 179 proposals on which he was advanced about £17. The prisoner ceased to correspond with the office, and, in consequence, inquiries were made, the result being that the proposals were found to be forgeries, witness being unable to find any of the persons mentioned in them. The case was remanded for a week, the magistrates declining to accept bail.
Stan
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North & South Shields Gazette & Daily Telegraph, 12-12-1866:
THE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A GAS COLLECTOR. - In
this case, which was before the South Shields
County Petty Sessions yesterday, the magistrates
after hearing the evidence committed the collec-
tor, John Reece Grewcock, for trial.
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, 15-12-1866:
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A JARROW GAS COLLECTOR. - A
painful case of embezzlement has occurred at Jarrow. A
young man named John Reece Grewcock, about twenty-
four years of age, and married, in the employment of the
South Shields and Jarrow Gas Company as a money col-
lector, failing to produce the sum of £5, the amount of a
bill for which he had settled, suspicions were aroused that
he had been tampering with the accounts. Accordingly the
books were examined, Grewcock meanwhile absconding,
and defalcations to somewhere near £20 were discovered.
A warrant was then issued, and Grewcock apprehended in a
house in the Scotswood-road, Newcastle. He is now on re-
mand.
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, 5-1-1867:
[under "Durham Sessions" - on Wednesday, before T.C. Thompson and S. Smithson]
EMBEZZLEMENT AT SOUTH SHIELDS
JOHN RUSE GREWCOCK was indicted for embezzling
£5 10s. and other monies, the property of the South Shields
Gas Company, at Jarrow, on 10th October. Mr Mey-
nell was for the prosecution, and Mr Blackwell for the de-
fendant. The case was expected to have occupied a long
time in hearing, but ultimately a sort of compromise was
effected by the prisoner pleading guilty. He was sentenced
to six weeks' imprisonment, with hard labour.
The Court adjourned.
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Thanks Stan!
And GR2, too!
Tel