Some years ago whilst searching through the Government Gazettes I came across an interesting list of Criminal Offences from 1855 and a List of Prisoners Committed to the Cape Town Goal. By PE de Robaix Esq. Justice of the peace. These were true extracts by N. Stewart Gaoler.
Browse below and see if one of your ancestors appear,
These were mainly petty crimes such as indecent assault, disturbing the peace, assault, theft, begging, emptying the midnight soil at an improper place, desertion, neglect of duty, municipal offence and of course the most common one was “lying drunk in the street” – it was to my great surprise that my 3x great grandfather Michael Mann was just one of the drunkards.
Abdol
Surname: Abdol
Date: Sep 1855
Crime: Disturbing the peace
Abraham
Surname: Abraham
Date: 18 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Adam
Surname: Adam
Date: 15 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Adam
Surname: Adam
Date: 22 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Adam (Alias), Cornelius
Surname: Adam (Alias)
First Names: Cornelius
Date: 27 May 1855
Crime: Indecent assault
Baith, Peter
Surname: Baith
First Names: Peter
Date: 26 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Barry, Hermes
Surname: Barry
First Names: Hermes
Date: 17 May 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Barth, Peter
Surname: Barth
First Names: Peter
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Begley, Robert
Surname: Begley
First Names: Robert
Date: 30 Sept 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Blythe, Alexander
Surname: Blythe
First Names: Alexander
Date: 23 Sept 1855
Crime: Inducing a Soldier to desert from the 75th Regt in Cape Town
Bory
Surname: Bory
Date: 11 Sept 1855
Crime: Assault
Bosman, Sophy
Surname: Bosman
First Names: Sophy
Date: 19 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Bosman, Thomas
Surname: Bosman
First Names: Thomas
Date: 19 Aug 1855
Crime: Theft
Bray, James
Surname: Bray
First Names: James
Date: 30 Sept 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Brown, John
Surname: Brown
First Names: John
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Caesar
Date: 04 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Callaghn, John
Surname: Callaghn
First Names: John
Date: 27 May 1855
Crime: Assault
Camies
Surname: Camies
Date: 01 July 1855
Crime: Disturbing the peace
Carolus
Surname: Carolus
Date: Sep 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Charles
Surname: Charles
Date: 06 Sept 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Clancey, James
Surname: Clancey
First Names: James
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Clara
Surname: Clara
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Clifford, John
Surname: Clifford
First Names: John
Date: 29 Apr 1855
Crime: Begging in the street
Clifford, John
Surname: Clifford
First Names: John
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Begging in the street
Collins, Henry
Surname: Collins
First Names: Henry
Date: 4 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Colly, Abdol
Surname: Colly
First Names: Abdol
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Commerford, Pieter
Surname: Commerford
First Names: Pieter
Date: 20 Apr 1855
Crime: Culpable insolvency
Cooke, Samuel
Surname: Cooke
First Names: Samuel
Date: 12 Sept 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Cooper, John
Surname: Cooper
First Names: John
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Cooper, John
Surname: Cooper
First Names: John
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Cornelius
Surname: Cornelius
Date: 22 Apr 1855
Crime: Theft
Surname: Danie
Date: 25 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Daniels, George
Surname: Daniels
First Names: George
Date: 28 May 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Davis, Henry
Surname: Davis
First Names: Henry
Date: 15 May 1855
Crime: Drunkeness
Dawson, Thomas
Surname: Dawson
First Names: Thomas
Date: 25 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Denerol, Lowry
Surname: Denerol
First Names: Lowry
Date: 25 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Deubah
Surname: Deubah
Date: 27 May 1855
Crime: Drunk and insolent to his master
Deubah
Surname: Deubah
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Dick
Surname: Dick
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Dick
Surname: Dick
Date: Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Dinie
Surname: Dinie
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Doortje
Surname: Doortje
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Dottie
Surname: Dottie
Date: Sep 1855
Crime: Theft
Durr, Marthinus
Surname: Durr
First Names: Marthinus
Date: Sep 1855
Crime: Theft
Surname: Ernst
Date: 20 Sept 1855
Crime: Contravening Municipal Regulations
Evans, John
Surname: Evans
First Names: John
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Faucett
First Names: Fredrick
Date: 01 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Foelschen, William Marthinus
Surname: Foelschen
First Names: William Marthinus
Date: 08 May 1855
Crime: To find bail to keep the peace
Fortuin
Surname: Fortuin
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Frederick
Surname: Frederick
Date: 24 May 1855
Crime: Theft
Fuller, Charles
Surname: Fuller
First Names: Charles
Date: 04 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Garda
Date: Sep 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
George
Surname: George
Date: Jul 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Grandsen, Henry
Surname: Grandsen
First Names: Henry
Date: 06 Sept 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Grant, George
Surname: Grant
First Names: George
Date: 29 Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Grey, William
Surname: Grey
First Names: William
Date: 15 May 1855
Crime: Drunkeness
Gunn, James
Surname: Gunn
First Names: James
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Desertion
Gunning, Patrick
Surname: Gunning
First Names: Patrick
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Hanson
First Names: Joseph
Date: 21 Oct 1855
Crime: Desertion
Harvey, William
Surname: Harvey
First Names: William
Date: 25 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Hayes, Patrick
Surname: Hayes
First Names: Patrick
Date: 18 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Haynes, Goris
Surname: Haynes
First Names: Goris
Date: 29 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Howard, Francis
Surname: Howard
First Names: Francis
Date: 01 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Howard, Joseph
Surname: Howard
First Names: Joseph
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Hurley, Daniel
Surname: Hurley
First Names: Daniel
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Isaac
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Jacobs
First Names: Abulje
Date: 26 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Jacobs, Mietje
Surname: Jacobs
First Names: Mietje
Date: 11 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Jambo
Surname: Jambo
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
James
Surname: James
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Jan
Surname: Jan
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Desertion
January
Surname: January
Date: 15 May 1855
Crime: Drunkeness
Johannes
Surname: Johannes
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
John
Surname: John
Date: 17 May 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Johnny
Surname: Johnny
Date: 22 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Johnny
Surname: Johnny
Date: 24 Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Johnny
Surname: Johnny
Date: 29 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Johnny
Surname: Johnny
Date: Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Johnny
Surname: Johnny
Date: Jul 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Johnson, Mary
Surname: Johnson
First Names: Mary
Date: Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Jongie
Surname: Jongie
Date: 11 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Jonhns, Lena
Surname: Jonhns
First Names: Lena
Date: 26 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Jonkens, Lientje
Surname: Jonkens
First Names: Lientje
Date: 15 May 1855
Crime: Assault
Jordaan, Fredrick
Surname: Jordaan
First Names: Fredrick
Date: 01 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Kay
First Names: William
Date: 01 Apr 1855
Crime: Theft
Kelly, Thomas
Surname: Kelly
First Names: Thomas
Date: 19 Aug 1855
Crime: Theft
Klaas
Surname: Klaas
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Klaas, Iris (alias Clas)
Surname: Klaas
First Names: Iris (alias Clas)
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Surname: Lake
First Names: Thomas
Date: Jul 1855
Crime: Refusal of duty and assault
Leah
Surname: Leah
Date: 22 July1855
Crime: Lying drunk in an unihabited building
Leander, Marthinus
Surname: Leander
First Names: Marthinus
Date: 22 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Leary, Francis D
Surname: Leary
First Names: Francis D
Date: 17 May 1855
Crime: Desertion
Leentje
Surname: Leentje
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Lena
Surname: Lena
Date: 21 Oct 1855
Crime: Theft
Lewis, Robert
Surname: Lewis
First Names: Robert
Date: 03 Aug 1855
Crime: Theft
Louis
Surname: Louis
Date: 27 May 1855
Crime: Theft
Surname: MacHael
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Magmoed
Surname: Magmoed
Date: 01 July 1855
Crime: Theft
Magmoed (Alias), Dieneal
Surname: Magmoed (Alias)
First Names: Dieneal
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Mann, Michael
Surname: Mann
First Names: Michael
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Manuel
Surname: Manuel
Date: 11 Sept 1855
Crime: Assault
Manuel
Surname: Manuel
Date: 19 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
March, Henry
Surname: March
First Names: Henry
Date: Aug 1855
Crime: Desertion and theft
Margaret
Surname: Margaret
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Maria
Surname: Maria
Date: 15 May 1855
Crime: Drunkeness
Marthinus
Surname: Marthinus
Date: 12 Sept 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Maurice
Surname: Maurice
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Emptying night soil at improper place
McDonald, John
Surname: McDonald
First Names: John
Date: 15 May 1855
Crime: Drunkeness
McGennis, John
Surname: McGennis
First Names: John
Date: 27 May 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Mihan, Jeremiah
Surname: Mihan
First Names: Jeremiah
Date: 28 May 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Muller, Fredk
Surname: Muller
First Names: Fredk
Date: 15 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Murray, Francis
Surname: Murray
First Names: Francis
Date: 16 Feb 1855
Crime: Drunkeness and neglect of duty
Nabu
Surname: Nabu
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Ned
Surname: Ned
Date: 06 May 1855
Crime: Theft
Nicholls, John
Surname: Nicholls
First Names: John
Date: 01 July 1855
Crime: Desertion
Osterberg, Richard
Surname: Osterberg
First Names: Richard
Date: 06 May 1855
Crime: Desertion
Surname: Pandu
First Names: Jan
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Parker, William
Surname: Parker
First Names: William
Date: 30 Sept 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Pedro
Surname: Pedro
Date: 15 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Petersen, Charles
Surname: Petersen
First Names: Charles
Date: Apr 1855
Crime: Desertion
Phillips, George
Surname: Phillips
First Names: George
Date: 28 May1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Pogion, Edward
Surname: Pogion
First Names: Edward
Date: 26 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Pratt, Simon
Surname: Pratt
First Names: Simon
Date: 10 Aug 1855
Crime: Refusal of duty
Price, William
Surname: Price
First Names: William
Date: Dec 1854
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Rickard, Andries
Surname: Rickard
First Names: Andries
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Roberts, Thomas
Surname: Roberts
First Names: Thomas
Date: Apr 1855
Crime: Municipal offence
Surname: Sammon
First Names: John
Date: 03 Aug 1855
Crime: Theft
September, May
Surname: September
First Names: May
Date: 06 May 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Seymour, Charles
Surname: Seymour
First Names: Charles
Date: 29 Apr 1855
Crime: Drunkeness and misconduct as a Police Constable
Shepherd, Henry
Surname: Shepherd
First Names: Henry
Date: 27 May 1855
Crime: Theft
Sheridan, Michael
Surname: Sheridan
First Names: Michael
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Simmons, Jane
Surname: Simmons
First Names: Jane
Date: 4 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Simpson, Annette and child
Surname: Simpson
First Names: Annette and child
Date: 17 Dec 1854
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Smith, Henry
Surname: Smith
First Names: Henry
Date: 10 Aug 1855
Crime: Refusal of duty
Sparks, Edward
Surname: Sparks
First Names: Edward
Date: 18 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Stein, Johanna
Surname: Stein
First Names: Johanna
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Stephens, Charles
Surname: Stephens
First Names: Charles
Date: 24 Dec 1854
Crime: Violent assault
Stockenkamp, Fredk
Surname: Stockenkamp
First Names: Fredk
Date: 26 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Tait, Henry
Surname: Tait
First Names: Henry
Date: 4 Nov 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Taylor, George
Surname: Taylor
First Names: George
Date: 01 Apr 1855
Crime: Assault
Thomas, Isaac
Surname: Thomas
First Names: Isaac
Date: 29 Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Tinn, John
Surname: Tinn
First Names: John
Date: 12 Aug 1855
Crime: Desertion
Tuoila
Surname: Tuoila
Date: 01 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Turner, Thomas
Surname: Turner
First Names: Thomas
Date: 15 July 1855
Crime: Theft
Vick, Charles
Surname: Vick
First Names: Charles
Date: 10 Aug 1855
Crime: Refusal of duty
Weber, Hendrik
Surname: Weber
First Names: Hendrik
Date: Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Whitberg, Saantje
Surname: Whitberg
First Names: Saantje
Date: 22 Apr 1855
Crime: Drunk and disturbing the peace
Wilkinson, David
Surname: Wilkinson
First Names: David
Date: Sep 1855
Crime: Desertion
William
Surname: William
Date: 03 Aug 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
William
Surname: William
Date: 15 July 1855
Crime: Theft
William
Surname: William
Date: 20 Sept 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Williams, Charlotte
Surname: Williams
First Names: Charlotte
Date: 24 Jun 1855
Crime: Disturbing the peace
Williams, Sarah
Surname: Williams
First Names: Sarah
Date: 22 July 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in an unihabited building
Williams, Sarah
Surname: Williams
First Names: Sarah
Date: Oct 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Williamson, James
Surname: Williamson
First Names: James
Date: 06 May 1855
Crime: Desertion
Willimse, Anna
Surname: Willimse
First Names: Anna
Date: Jun 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Wilson, Henry
Surname: Wilson
First Names: Henry
Date: 01 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
Wilson, Henry
Surname: Wilson
First Names: Henry
Date: 06 Apr 1855
Crime: Lying drunk in the street
