Here you can find reports of some Meldreth court cases and learn about the way crimes were dealt with in previous times – often very different to what might happen today.
We have included information on the police, the courts and other aspects of the criminal justice system, covering not just what sentences were passed but how they were carried out.
Labourer Attacked Former Neighbour with Reaping Hook
Solicitor warns of Serious Risk of Disorder following Family Dispute
How 10-year-old John Casbon was sentenced to seven years' transportation
For stealing a pony from Meldreth in 1820
Keeping the Law in Nineteenth Century Meldreth Public Houses
'Somewhat Exciting Chase from Royston to Epping'
'Farmers must be protected'
'Audacious' attempted theft at Meldreth farm, March 1878
'Great spirit of contention and religious difference' in Meldreth
The Magistrates Court in Melbourn
One of the last Police Sergeants to work at Melbourn
Magistrate expresses concern about Meldreth, 1845
Refusal to Execute Warrant against a Protestant Dissenter
Seven Day Sentence for Passive Resistance
"A gentle creature enough"
Given Final Chance to 'Retrieve her Character'
Prosecution brought by Sanitary Authority Inspector of Nuisances
Disastrous reduction in profits and 'a very unlikely story'
The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal of 24th July 1841 carried a report of cases heard at the Cambridge Summer Assizes ...
Keeping Meldreth's Children at School in the late 19th Century
Supporting the Poor of the Parish
A Meldreth breach of trust case, 1877