1841: Navvies tried to murder a Railway Constable
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 13 May 1841 May 5, 1841. Robert Taylor, John Owen, and William Johnson, three labourers on the railway,...
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Cuckfield Connections
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1851: Haywards Heath home: robber confesses
Oxford Journal - Saturday 26 April 1851 THE FRIMLEY GANG. Lewes, Tuesday, April 22. Since the committal of James Hamilton (the...
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Jun 12, 20231 min read
1849: Captain Preston's tale of derring do
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 29 November 1849 Edward Haselgrove (of Cuckfield), David Botting, George Botting, and Michael Botting (of...
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Jun 10, 20231 min read
1850: Whiteman's Green boys stake out hay thieves
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 23 May 1850 CUCKFIELD. On Monday last, James Hayler, jun., of Whiteman’s Green, was charged at Mr Wailer’s...
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1885: Determined beggar
At the Brighton Borough Bench on Tuesday, James Mitchell (31) was charged with begging. PC Cornford, on the previous afternoon, saw the...
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1932: Man won't pay wife's debts
Mid Sussex Times - Tuesday 15 November 1932 PUBLIC NOTICE I, ABRAHAM GARNER, Jun.. of 8 Glebe Road, Cuckfield. Sussex, HEREBY DECLARE...
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1855: 12 year old pickpocket caught at The Ship
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 12 June 1855 Magisterial Business, Thursday, June 7th.— William Wood, aged 12, was tried under the Juvenile...
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May 29, 20231 min read
1868: Daring robbers left no clues
Brighton Gazette - Thursday 16 January 1868 CUCKFIELD. Daring Robbery.—A daring robbery was committed last week at Boardhill. It appears...
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May 28, 20231 min read
1969: Widow implicated in death of her sister
Widow, Mrs Dorothy Nield, 68, of Worting Road, Basingstoke, was last night committed by Basingstoke magistrates for trial at Hampshire...
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1889: Haywards Heath better location for County court
Sussex Agricultural Express - Tuesday 09 April 1889 CUCKFIELD. THE COUNTY COURT.- Mr. Trevor Pollard and Mr J. C. Buckwell, of Brighton,...
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May 13, 20232 min read
1867: Accused denies desertion of his wife
Sussex Advertiser - Saturday 21 December 1867 CUCKFIELD. PETTY SESSIONS, Monday. Present—J. M. Norman, Esq. (in the chair), and J....
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1871: Murder suspects remanded in Custody
Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal - Tuesday 29 August 1871 THE CUCKFIELD MURDER OF 1869 It will be in the recollection of our...
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1881: Cuckfield Police pass rigorous inspection
Mid Sussex Times - Wednesday 28 September 1881 CUCKFIELD Inspection of the Constabulary. —On Friday last the annual Government inspection...
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1861: Determined suicide at Cuckfield
Warning: Please note the newspaper article reveals some distressing details of this tragic event Brighton Herald Saturday 14 December...
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
1913: Disturbance at the Green Cross Ansty
West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 30 October 1913 CUCKFIELD A disturbance at the Green Cross inn, during which Mr. John King the landlord,...
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Apr 26, 20232 min read
1859: Deluded farmer becomes violent and 'owed a fortune'
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 12 July 1859 CUCKFIELD. Magistrates' Clerk’s Office, Tuesday. William Cook, farmer, of Cuckfield, in custody,...
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1913: An old soldier dismissed as an 'incorrigible rogue'
A list of previous convictions was urged against Arthur Page, a native of Lewes, and an old soldier at Haywards Heath Petty Sessions on...
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Mar 27, 20231 min read
1874: Boy threatened with violence at The Kings Head
Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal - Tuesday 03 March 1874 FRIVOLOUS ASSAULT CASE. George Martin and Charles Gander were summoned...
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Mar 24, 20231 min read
1927: Dough weigh me
A fine of £1 and 1s. costs was inflicted on Cuckfield baker named Charles Cain, at named at the Haywards Heath Petty Sessions on Monday,...
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1848: Attempted swindle foiled at Haywards Heath Station
Sussex Advertiser - Tuesday 15 August 1848 Attempt at Swindling We wish to draw the attention of the public to the following facts which...
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