Hi
mail kiziah who posts on here, Kiziah knows all about the Booths, below is a record about how they used both names, i use the records i find to look deeper, when you find a story with a name on that you are searching for read of the other names of people in the storys and research them, this then brings more relatives that you never new of, plus research names of towns or villiages in the storys, names of a public house or a farmer, research this way and you will find more, plus do not be lazy and search on the internet sites where it says a refined search giving you only the names you are looking for, do it the hard way and look through thousands of records, in the refined search it will miss out plenty of times words transcribed wrong and just the computer miss reading a record, i have found many records that no one will find, you have to look the wrong way and beat the computer, lots of records have been mispelt so if you look for the true way you will not find the things that you may be looking for
Saturday 09 July 1887
Nottinghamshire Guardian
Nottinghamshire
RETFORD AND NEWARK QUARTER.SESSIONS
CHARGE OF STEALING A MARE. Everett Booth, alias Plumb, 24, hawker, was indicted for stealing a bay mare, the property of Robert Watling, at East Stoke, on May 4th. Mr. Joseph Smith appeared for the prosecution, — The jury ultimately found a verdict of Not Guilty,'' and the prisoner was discharged.
this one below is to show you how when you find a record do not think you have all the information, you must look at many records of the same account, offten there will be several vertions of the same story, you may find many clues by reading all the accounts, look how there is a Spencer Smith, he may be related to the Spencer Smith who his a relative of the Woodwards in the post above
Saturday 22 May 1869
Nottingham Journal
Nottinghamshire
BINGHAM PETTY SESSIONS. Thursday.— A Gipsy Trouble .— Thomas Elliott, a member of the gipsy tribe, was charged with using a dog for the purpose of taking game—P.c. Booth was on duty in Cotgrave on the I3th, when he saw a van and two carts coming down the Fosse-road; defendant was with the van, and when be came to a field in the occnpation of Mr. Hoard he pulled up, took out his dog from the vehicle, and put it into a field of wheat, and it went on until it came to a grass field, in which it killed the hare.— Mr. Belk, for the defence, cross-examined the policeman, but elicited nothing fresh, when the magistrates fined the gipsy £2 and costs, 10s- 8d. A Gipsy Assaulting a Policeman. —Thomas Elliott, the defendant in the last case, was charged with assaulting p.c. Booth.—The policemen stated he went up to the van and stopped the horse, upon which the defendant got him by the neck. —Mr. Belk endeavoured to prove how unsafe it was to believe the evidence of one policeman, and that he had no right to have stopped the defendant’s horse.—The bench, however, thought otherwise, and fined the defendant £l, including costs. Two More Gipsies in Search of Game. —Everett Plumb and Spencer Smith were charged by Mr. Burdott, keeper to the Earl with going into a field with three dogs in pursuit of game.—P.c. Harrimen was on duty on the 18th, and he saw a dog In a field at Cotgrave, which he said defendants put in.— Mr. Belk. however, in cross examination of the policeman showed that it was not proved it was defendants who sent the dog into the field.—Case dismissed. . A Gipsy Charged with Assaulting a Man.— John Smith, another member of the travelling tribe, was charged with assaulting Thos. Winfield, at Owthorpe, on the 13th.—Smith, who is horse dealer, had put some horses in the lane. —Mr. Belk said it was a case for the county court, if defendant had done any damage in the lane, and that complainant should not have tried to keep the defendant’s horses there against his will—Case dismissed
Friday 28 May 1869
Nottinghamshire Guardian
Nottinghamshire
— Thomas Elliott was charged with using a dog to kill game, and also with assaulting the police.— Mr. Belk, solicitor, appeared for the accused.— lt appeared that between five and six o'clock on the morning of the 13th inst., a considerable number of the gipsy tribe were wending their way in vans and other vehicles, accompanied by a drove of horses, down the old Foss Road, between Cotgrave and Kinoulton, and the accused set a dog on a hare, near to Mr. Hoard's field, which killed the hare, and he deposited it in one of the vehicles and drove off at a rapid pace. The policeman went in pursuit and he was struck with a whip and threatened.— The Bench inflicted a penalty of £2 and costs on the first count, and fined the offender £1 and costs for the assault on the policeman. The amount was paid.— Everett Plumb, Spencer Smith, and others were charged with a similar offence. They were all of the same tribe. In consequence, however, of the information being informal, the charges were withdrawn. — William Grey, another gipsy, was charged with using a gun and killing a hare on land in the occupation of Mr. Hoard, farmer, of Cotgrave Wolds. —Mr. Belk appeared for the accused, and asked for an adjournment in order to pro- cure the evidence of an important witness, which the Bench acquiesced
