William Gabb in prison in 1891 why?

[BobtheBee]

Hi,
Many years ago a Rootschatter established that my Gt Grandfather William Gabb b.1851 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire in 1851 was in prison in 1891. He was a policeman in Mansfield in 1881, but his family (wife Elizabet, children William Arthur & Edith Mary) were living in Beeston in 1891. I've just discovered that he was charged with 3 counts of receiving money under false pretences in December 1887, and was sentenced to 9months in prison on one count. No further trace in the courts can be found. So why was he still in St Mary's Nottm Prison in 1891?
Can anyone unravel this mystery?
Bob

[ShaunJ]

There are reports in the Nottingham Evening Post of 21 July 1890 and 28 July 1890 of a William Gabb of 37 Upper Regent Street, Beeston, being charged  with obtaining money under false pretences.

[ShaunJ]

There's another case in 1899. Reported in detail in the Nottingham Evening Post, 21 June "Grave case against agent"