Prison/ Court cases

[carlT]

Hi,
Just doing a routine search into a Gt Aunt Fanny Houldsworth who was born in Scarcliffe in 1855. She married a Charles Hughes from Bolsover a Stone Mason in 1876. they then moved to Sheffield. Imagine my shock when I found both jailed for running a brothel ::
Would I be able to find the court case for this etc. It was 22 May 1894.

[Ashtone]

I presume you've seen the 1894 newspaper report(s):

Sheffield Evening Telegraph
Tuesday 22 May 1894
SECOND COURT. Before Mr. B. Fletcher and Mr. F. P. Rawson - HEAVY punishment. Fanny Hughes, wife Charles Hughes, was committed prison for two months with hard labour for having assisted in the management of a ...

[Bookbox]

Would I be able to find the court case for this etc. It was 22 May 1894.

Possibly, but it was only the Police Court, not the sessions or assizes. So Sheffield Archives should have anything that survives. You can contact them to ask - see this page ...

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/libraries-archives/access-archives-local-studies-library/collections/magistrates-court-records

[Comberton]

Ancestry have the Register for Female Prisoners for Wakefield Prison
Fanny Hughes 40 b Derby, Scarcliff
22 May 1894 discharged 21 July
Assisting in the management of a brothel
no previous convictions

[spendlove]

Hi,

Evening telegraph & Star 23 May 1894

SHEFFIELD CITY POLICE

Charles Hughes, Mason, Arundel Street, was sentenced to three months imprisonment for having kept a disorderly house.  Mr. W. E. Clegg prosecuted and the offence was proved by Detectives Drew and Mossindrew, who watched the house for several days.

Ancestry have his Wakefield Prison Record, including brief description of him

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/5085/images/41238_1831115184_2001-00112?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=234afea960d91297a3cc37f9b427fda5&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ZKP4&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.174559590.537859088.1632947776-1089502786.1620647806&_gac=1.11716480.1632947776.EAIaIQobChMIkrz3vYSl8wIV9WDmCh0nmwDBEAAYASAAEgLFZPD_BwE&pId=144865

Spendlove

[carlT]

Thank you all again,
The responses are excellent, as ever it never should surprise what you can turn up in your family tree.
But it does😊