Apr 304 min1912: Local women hear of shocking White Slave trade Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 10 December 1912 WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. LADIES’ MEETING AT CUCKFIELD. A crowded meeting, for women only, to...
Apr 142 min1907: Bicycle thief at The King's HeadMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 20 August 1907 THEFT OF A BICYCLE TWO CASES FROM CUCKFIELD George Fudge, ostler, Cuckfield, came before Mr. H....
Apr 62 min1920: The birch and close supervision for young thiefMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 07 September 1920 BOY AND CHOCOLATE—CUCKFiELD. Frank Towner, Cuckfield, was charged with stealing a packet of...
Mar 273 min1869: First Report of the Cuckfield Murder mysteryHastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 04 December 1869 MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN CUCKFIELD. On Monday morning the dead body of a man was...
Feb 262 min1860-1911: Workhouse to Warrior (3 of 3)In the final part of three instalments we read about what Richard Chatfield did after he left the army and how how he retired to Ansty....
Feb 232 min1935: All night search for two intrudersMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 04 June 1935 HOUSES ENTERED AT CUCKFIELD. UNSUCCESSFUL ALL-NIGHT SEARCH FOR TWO MEN. The Haywards Heath...
Feb 191 min1843 Horse Stealing gang operating successfully on Cuckfield to Brighton roadMorning Post - Saturday 18 November 1843 Cuckfield. — Horse-Stealing. — A wholesale system of horse-stealing has been pursued on the road...
Feb 116 min1893: Rose and Crown Publican in troubleMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 12 September 1893 A CUCKFIELD PUBLICAN IN TROUBLE. At the Haywards Heath Petty Sessions yesterday (Monday),...
Feb 92 min1881: 'Nice sort of husband and father'A NICE SORT OF HUSBAND AND FATHER - Joseph Mansbridge, butcher, late of Cuckfield but now described as of Portslade, was charged with...
Feb 83 min1913: A bogus parson and officerAstounding details were given at Whitehill (Hants) of the career of P. Seymour Kelly, 21, who was charged with obtaining food and lodging...
Feb 11 min1881: Elderly couple cruelly robbedEastbourne Gazette - Wednesday 15 June 1881 CUCKFIELD. BURGLARY. —A lonely cottage on Moonhill Farm, near St. John's Common. inhabited by...
Jan 232 min1874: Encounter in a railway carriageA serious case of assault has been heard at the Cuckfield Police Court, in which Mr Jeremiah Farrow, a well-todo farmer, from Old Newton,...
Jan 42 min1847: Pickpockets at work while locals enjoy circus entertainmentBrighton Gazette - Thursday 02 September 1847 CUCKFIELD. Mr Batty’s circus made public entry into this town on Monday morning, and a very...
Dec 31, 20211 min1837: Base Ingratitude as employee caught in a 'very questionable' situation with employer's wife...Globe - Monday 18 September 1837 Base Ingratitude.—At the Lewes Adjourned Sessions, on Friday, Fitzwilliam Burt, aged 22, was ordered to...
Dec 27, 20211 min1932: Alleged theft of Vicar's motor carMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 06 December 1932 ALLEGED THEFT OF A VICAR’S MOTOR-CAR. LONDON MAN REMANDED AT HAYWARDS HEATH. The theft of the...
Dec 19, 20211 min1864: Soldier in a fix after a 'lost' eveningSussex Advertiser - Wednesday 30 March 1864 A soldier in a fix. Cuckfield Court —A discharged private of the 43rd Light Infantry,...
Dec 15, 20212 min1886: Serial swindler taken to court by Talbot LandlordMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 01 June 1886 ALLEGED SWINDLING —CUCKFIELD. The Rev. Robert Thomas Le Ban Auketell (40), no place of abode, was...
Dec 3, 20212 min1882: A Cure for 'prigging' in CuckfieldMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 17 October 1882 A CURE FOR “PRIGGING.” To the Editor of The Mid-Sussex Times. Sir,— Your remarks in a recent...
Dec 2, 20212 min1901: Teenagers' assault on older Cuckfield resident is punished in courtMid Sussex Times - Tuesday 16 April 1901 Alleged "Hooliganism”—Cuckfield. Ernest Pateman (17). butcher’s assistant. Cuckfield, pleaded...
Nov 20, 20213 min1786: The 'pauper's' cumuppanceHere is a curious example of an eighteenth century 'social security' scam caused by the fear of bank failure leading to a crime of greed...