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17 Oak Street
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MINE HOSTS:
1836 Mary Taylor - Owned by Mrs. E. Swain. Licence refused.
1840 Ann Taylor -P.C. 8.2.1840 Fined 40s for allowing card playing. Forfeited licence.
'Beerhouse, Oak Street'
1856 - 61 Jane Savage
1870 - 71 Edmund Bennett
1876 Mrs. Proctor
1877 Robert Gregory (Gregson)
1877 - 78 James Blackburn
1878 - 85 Lawrence McGeer (McGear)
1885 Sarah Moulding
1885 Isabella Watson
1886 - 93 Alice Wilson
30.8.1893 LICENCE REFUSED.
Alice Wilson was convicted of contravening the 1872 Licensing Act on 23/7/1886; 29/11/1889; and 16/9/1892.
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BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A PARAMOUR
A labouring man named Alfred Walker, was arraigned on a charge of having, on the previous Wednesday, committed a brutal assault, which might have terminated fatally, on Mary Ann Egan, the wife of a soldier of the 39th Regiment who is now in Limerick, but with whom the prisoner has co-habited for a length of time.
About 11 o'clock on the night above mentioned, the prisoner and the prosecutrix were at a beer-house in Oak Street, kept by Mrs. Savage, and as the plaintiff was in liquor and somewhat disorderly, Mrs. Savage requested her to leave the house. This she refused to do, and the prisoner then took her by the hand and the hair of her head, dragged her down the lobby, and threw her down the steps of the house into the street; her head came into violent contact with the pavement. She was so much injured that she was rendered insensible, and by persons who then saw her it was supposed she was dying.
William Coupe deposed to seeing Walker strike the complainant on the head with his fist, and "trail" her on the floor by the hair of her head. William Anderton said he saw the prisoner kick the complainant on the side when lying on the floor of the lobby, drag her by the hair of her head to the top of the steps, and then threw her down into the street. The complainant did not speak for two hours afterwards.
Walker then propped her up against the wall, and after using some opprobrious language to her, he said he would make her speak. He got a pipe, put some tobacco into it, lighted it, and placing the head of the pipe to her nose, blew the smoke up her nostrils. Mr. Barker came up and made him desist.
The woman was then taken to the House of Recovery.
Mr. John Barker, tailor, stated that he saw the complainant the last witness was holding her against the wall. He (Barker) thought she was dead. Coupe said she was 'foxing,' and that Walker had served her right.
The witness asked Coupe if he was courting the old woman, Mrs. Savage, and he replied that he was not, and the witness told him he was an old blackguard.
There were three women there, and they all thought that the complainant was dying. Walker was going away, but he (the witness) desired him to come back. He did come back, and seemed sorry for the state the woman was in. He got a pipe with some tobacco in it, and blew some of the smoke up her nostrils, but the witness stopped him, thinking he had done enough at her.
PC. Steenson stated that he apprehended the prisoner on a charge of assaulting the woman. He admitted it, but said that when he got her to the end of the lobby of the house she fell down the steps. With some assistance the witness got the complainant to the station, and from thence to the House of Recovery. Mr. Spencer, surgeon, deposed to seeing the complainant at the police station in a state of insensibility and great collapse. The collapse was so great that the pulse at the wrist was barely perceptible. He thought she was in a dangerous state, and had her conveyed to the House of Recovery, when such remedies were applied as he thought desirable.
She was sensible next morning, but was not able to sit up until Sunday. She had been much bruised about the head, and there was an effusion of blood beneath the scalp at the back of her head, which appeared to have been caused by pulling at her hair. There were many bruises about her hips and loins, and some severe contusions on her breast and elbows. No doubt it was great violence that had produced those outward appearances upon her person. The injuries were such as might have been caused by kicks..
The sister of the complainant, who lives at 12 Mount Street, stated that her sister and the prisoner were at her house on Tuesday week, when the prisoner said that if she (the complainant) did not go back to Bolton with him he would give her a good thrashing.
The Bench committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
Preston Chronicle 23rd August 1856
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Preston Chronicle 18th November 1876
Although the address Hope Street is given here, I'm 99% sure that it's a case
of a reporter mis-hearing 'Oak' for 'Hope'.
Preston Chronicle 20th April 1878
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Preston Chronicle 18th May 1878
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Preston Chronicle 17th July 1880
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Preston Chronicle 19th January 1884
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Preston Chronicle 13th June 1891
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Preston Chronicle 2nd September 1893
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BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A PARAMOUR
A labouring man named Alfred Walker, was arraigned on a charge of having, on the previous Wednesday, committed a brutal assault, which might have terminated fatally, on Mary Ann Egan, the wife of a soldier of the 39th Regiment who is now in Limerick, but with whom the prisoner has co-habited for a length of time.
About 11 o'clock on the night above mentioned, the prisoner and the prosecutrix were at a beer-house in Oak Street, kept by Mrs. Savage, and as the plaintiff was in liquor and somewhat disorderly, Mrs. Savage requested her to leave the house. This she refused to do, and the prisoner then took her by the hand and the hair of her head, dragged her down the lobby, and threw her down the steps of the house into the street; her head came into violent contact with the pavement. She was so much injured that she was rendered insensible, and by persons who then saw her it was supposed she was dying.
William Coupe deposed to seeing Walker strike the complainant on the head with his fist, and "trail" her on the floor by the hair of her head. William Anderton said he saw the prisoner kick the complainant on the side when lying on the floor of the lobby, drag her by the hair of her head to the top of the steps, and then threw her down into the street. The complainant did not speak for two hours afterwards.
Walker then propped her up against the wall, and after using some opprobrious language to her, he said he would make her speak. He got a pipe, put some tobacco into it, lighted it, and placing the head of the pipe to her nose, blew the smoke up her nostrils. Mr. Barker came up and made him desist.
The woman was then taken to the House of Recovery.
Mr. John Barker, tailor, stated that he saw the complainant the last witness was holding her against the wall. He (Barker) thought she was dead. Coupe said she was 'foxing,' and that Walker had served her right.
The witness asked Coupe if he was courting the old woman, Mrs. Savage, and he replied that he was not, and the witness told him he was an old blackguard.
There were three women there, and they all thought that the complainant was dying. Walker was going away, but he (the witness) desired him to come back. He did come back, and seemed sorry for the state the woman was in. He got a pipe with some tobacco in it, and blew some of the smoke up her nostrils, but the witness stopped him, thinking he had done enough at her.
PC. Steenson stated that he apprehended the prisoner on a charge of assaulting the woman. He admitted it, but said that when he got her to the end of the lobby of the house she fell down the steps. With some assistance the witness got the complainant to the station, and from thence to the House of Recovery. Mr. Spencer, surgeon, deposed to seeing the complainant at the police station in a state of insensibility and great collapse. The collapse was so great that the pulse at the wrist was barely perceptible. He thought she was in a dangerous state, and had her conveyed to the House of Recovery, when such remedies were applied as he thought desirable.
She was sensible next morning, but was not able to sit up until Sunday. She had been much bruised about the head, and there was an effusion of blood beneath the scalp at the back of her head, which appeared to have been caused by pulling at her hair. There were many bruises about her hips and loins, and some severe contusions on her breast and elbows. No doubt it was great violence that had produced those outward appearances upon her person. The injuries were such as might have been caused by kicks..
The sister of the complainant, who lives at 12 Mount Street, stated that her sister and the prisoner were at her house on Tuesday week, when the prisoner said that if she (the complainant) did not go back to Bolton with him he would give her a good thrashing.
The Bench committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
Preston Chronicle 23rd August 1856
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of a reporter mis-hearing 'Oak' for 'Hope'.
Preston Chronicle 20th April 1878
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CENSUS RETURNS
1861
Jane Savage 52 years Beerseller b. Cabus
William McIntire ? 60 Visitor / Ale Brewer b. Wiresdale (Wyresdale)
1871
Jane Savage 52 years Beerseller b. Cabus
William McIntire ? 60 Visitor / Ale Brewer b. Wiresdale (Wyresdale)
1871
Edmund Bennett 32 years Beerseller b. Longton
Ann Bennett 23 Wife b. Preston
Emily Bennett 5 Daughter do
Amelia Bennett 3 Daughter do
Thomas Henry Bennett 6 months Son do
1881
Lawerence McGeer 42 years Beerseller b. Ireland
Margaret McGeer 40 Wife do
Maria McGeer 13 Daughter b. Kent
George E. McGeer 11 Son b. Bengal, India
1891
Alice Wilson 44 years widow Beerseller b. Preston
James Wilson 13 Son do
Elizabeth Wilson 12 Daughter do
Thomas Wilson 10 Son do
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