19Th Century Houses Of Ill Fame/ill-Repute & Dis-Orderley Houses

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30/1/1830

Sheffield Independent

DIS-ORDELEY HOUSES – Three bills of Indictment against the occupiers of houses of ill fame in Sheffield were presented to the grand jury at the late Doncater sessions. It is understood that the most vigorous measures will be taken to abate the nuisance which at present exist.

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31/10/1840 Sheff Indep.

Ann Burton was charged with picking the pocket of Joeseph Hydes of Taddington, farmer at a house of ill fame on the 27 July last. Mr Pashley for the prosecution and Mr Heaton for the defence. He met with the prisoner and another girl in Holly Street and late at night accompanied them home. They found another woman in the house. The prioner and he were going up the stairs together when he changed his mind turned back and wanted to leave the house but the three women stopped him and the prisoner robbed him of his purse containing £3. Prisoner aquitted.

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21/5/1842

Sheffield Intermediate Sessions

Sarah Lowcock was charged with robbing John Cuthbert of Glossop of 35s. It appeared on the night in question the prisoner and the perosecuter wnt to bed together in a house of ill fame. After a little time as he said he complained of belly ache and went downstairs Soon after a man came in the room and ordered the prosecutor out. On getting up he found that his money had gone and on complaining that he was robbed the men in the house threatened to smash his head. It was also proved that soon after the man was robbed the woman changed a sovereign at the Ship Inn. When apprehended the same night by Handley she said she had no money but 12 shillings were found in her boots. The jury found her guilty and having previously been convicted for stealing a watch the Court sentenced her to 7 years transportation

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Jan 18 1855 Nottingamshire Guardian

A hawker was robbed of £40 and a receipt for £100 in a house of ill fame in Sheffield

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5/12/1862 Dundee Courier

A Huddersfield dealer was on Tuesday attacked by 2 soldiers in a house of ill fame in Sheffield and garrotted until he became insensible. The assault rose out of a dispute.

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16/7/1863

Bradford Observer – Summer Assizes

Stabbing by a female at Sheffield

Elizabeth Raisen (23) was indicted for cutting and wounding John Pryer at Sheffield. The prisoner keeps a house of ill-fame in Sheffield and on the night of 29^th ult the prosecuter and several companions who had been a Cremmorne Gardens entered the court where she then lived. One of the party had a small terrier dog and a bulldog which the prsoner claimed as hers rushed upon it. The larger animal was taken off and given to the prisoner who however let it slip again. Upon this the prosecuter and one of his friends called Gambles told her to keep her dog in or she would get into trouble. Upon that the prisoner who had in her hand a large shoemakers knife belonging to a man with whom she co-habited rushed at the prosecuter and struck him on the side of the head, nearly cutting off his ear. Guilty of unlawfaul wounding and 12 months imprisonment

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19/10/1867

Doncaster Sessions

Agnes Beadshaw 19 was charged with stealing ? belonging to Thomas Ashmore whilst in a house of ill fame at Sheffield.

After considerable deliberation on the part of the jury they returned a guilty verdict and the prisoner was sentenced to 6 months hard labour

Elizabeth Raisen (23) was indicted for cutting and wounding John Pryer at Sheffield. The prisoner keeps a house of ill-fame in Sheffield and on the night of 29^th ult the prosecuter and several companions who had been a Cremmorne Gardens entered the court where she then lived. One of the party had a small terrier dog and a bulldog which the prsoner claimed as hers rushed upon it. The larger animal was taken off and given to the prisoner who however let it slip again. Upon this the prosecuter and one of his friends called Gambles told her to keep her dog in or she would get into trouble. Upon that the prisoner who had in her hand a large shoemakers knife belonging to a man with whom she co-habited rushed at the prosecuter and struck him on the side of the head, nearly cutting off his ear. Guilty of unlawfaul wounding and 12 months imprisonment

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Liverpool Mercury 24/2/1870

Raid Upon Brothel Keepers

The Sheffield magistrates were occupied the whole of yesterday in hearing information laid by the excise authorities against the keepers of nine houses if ill fame in Sheffield. The specific charge against them was that they had sold beer, wines ans sprits without a licence thus rendering themselves to a penalty of £130.00 Mr Barer appeared on behalf of the Att. General to press the information.

One the 5^th of January 2 officers of excise citing upon instructions paid a visit to several notorious brothels in the town and at them were supplied with beer wine and sprits at a rates of 6d per glass. Only 3 of the informations were disposed of and in each case it was proved that the keeper of the house was not licensed. Each defendant was fined in the mitigated penalty of £30. The remain 6 cases were adjorned.

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24/6/71

Judgement was delivered yesterday in the Edinburgh court in what is known as the Walker divorce case.. against Mr Walker evidence was given of his having frequented houses of ill fame in Sheffield & Aberdeen

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11/1/1879

Keeping a Brothel – Esther Kitching, single woman, living in a court in Snow lane, was fined £5 and costs, or in default of payment, one month’s imprisonment with hard labour, for keeping a brothel