Notes for: William Lloyd
Only death registered for William Lloyd in Cambridgeshire 1847-1861 is Mar 1848, Linton.
Cambridge Independent Press 27 Sep 1845:
TRUMPINGTON. - At the instance of Ebenezer Foster, Esq., one of the overseers of Trumpington, a warrant was issued against William Lloyd, for having deserted his wife and family.
Cambridge Chronicle 6 Nov 1847:
GRANTCHESTER - Burglary. - On Thursday night, or early yesterday morning, some thieves broke into the shop of Mr. Thomas Ellwood, butcher, of Grantchester, and stole a fine sheep, which was dressed and ready for the Cambridge market. On the morning in question one of the game-keepers of Trumpington saw two young men, one named (William) Lloyd, of Trumpington, and the other named Hinds, of Barton, take something out of a cart, and deposit it in a hole in a field in Trumpington. He immediately gave information to the constable, and they proceeded together to the spot, where they discovered the carcase wrapped in a sack belonging to Mr. Toller, of Wilbraham. Both the men were apprehended yesterday and taken before the Mayor, who remanded them till this day, when the case will be heard before the county magistrates.
Cambridge Independent Press 15 Jan 1848:
SATURDAY.
STEALING A CARCASE OF MUTTON. - William Loyd (31), and William Hines (23), charged with stealing, on the night of the 4th of November, at Grantchester, one carcase of mutton, the property of Thomas Ellwood. - Messrs. SANDERS and NAYLOR for the prosecution: Mr. TOZER for the prisoner Loyd; Mr. NEWTON for the prisoner Hines. - The prosecutor is a butcher, residing on the Market-hill, Cambridge, where he has a shop. He has another shop and a slaughter-house at Granchester, where he also sells meat. The carcase of mutton was taken out of the shop at Granchester, by means, it is supposed, of the door being in some way or other unlocked. The prisoner Loyd lives at Trumpington, and Hines, at Barton. They were both at the Tally-ho, Trumpington, between six and seven in the evening of the 4th of November. They were afterwards at the Rose and Crown, Grantchester, which they left between nine and ten. In the parish of Trumpington there is a place called "The Cottage Garden," which is divided into 25 or 26 allotments, of about 20 poles each. Loyd’s father holds one of these allotments. Loyd himself is the possessor of a dog-cart, which is drawn by two dogs, also his property, one of them remarkable for having one eye and three colours, black, white, and brindled. At about ten minutes before seven in the morning of the 5th of November, Charles Willson, one of Colonel Pemberton’s gamekeepers, being out on his round, saw as he passed The Cottage Garden, both the prisoners in the allotment. He knew them well. Hines was digging a hole, and Loyd was looking on. The tricoloured dog and the cart were also there. Willson saw the prisoners put the meat into a bag, the bag into a sack, and the sack into the hole; and, after marking the spot, he went and informed the constable. - The meat was identified by the boy who killed the sheep. It was his first attempt at the delicate feat of dressing a carcase of mutton, in doing which he made a slip, and cut off part of the tail. - The learned counsel for the defence respectively addressed the Jury.- Mr. William Baker, of Barton, farmer, spoke in favour of Hines’s character. - The CHAIRMAN summed up. - Verdict, Guilty: Each seven years’ transportation.
On 21 Apr 1859 a Certificate of Freedom was issued in New South Wales, as follows:
Prisoner's No. . . 49/516
Name . . William Lloyd
Ship . . St Elphistone
Master . . Loney
Year . . 1849
Native Place . . Cambridge
Trade or Calling . . Farm Labourer
Offence . . Recg. stole mutton
Place of Trial . . Cambridge Q.S.
Date of Trial . . 7 January 1848
Sentence . . 7 years
Year of Birth . . 1817
Height . . 5 ft. 8 1/4 in.
Complexion . . Pale
Hair . . Brown
Eyes . . Hazel
General Remarks . . Nose large, lost a front tooth centre of upper jaw; Hairy mole and thin scar back of right cheek, scar centre of upper lip, several small moles on the right arm, blue ring and scar middle finger of left hand, scar inside top of little finger of same.
Liverpool Daily Post 1 Feb 1868:
CONFESSION OF A MURDER TWENTY YEARS AGO. - A man named "Pinny" Lloyd, who was in 1848 sentenced to transportation for sheep stealing, at Granchester, Cambs, has confessed to one John Hullyer, in Australia, where Lloyd is now dangerously ill and not expected to live, that he was the murderer of Mr. Edward Titchmarsh, dealer, of Shepreth, Cambs, whose death has ever been a matter of mystery. The late Mr. Titchmarsh had with him, at the time of his leaving Trumpington, about £1,000 in notes, all of which were missed: and it is now said that Lloyd murdered poor Titchmarsh, and took his notes away at the time of the occurrence in September, 1847. It was supposed by the jury at the inquest that Mr. Titchmarsh met with his death by falling out of his gig, but that supposition is cleaned away by this confession. The notes, it is said, were burnt by Lloyd to avoid detection.