The Birmingham Post continued it's story:

Early yesterday morning, a sergeant of the Stockport Police met the man in the confines of that borough. He at once seized him and after a severe struggle succeeded in effecting his arrest. He was conveyed to the police station, where upon being searched, a revolver, loaded in four chambers, was found upon him. During the morning the man, who gave the name of John Winslow and his address in Manchester, was taken before the Stockport magistrates, charged with having housebreaking implements in his posession. Police Sergeant Seed said in consequence of information from Hazel Grove, he kept a sharp look out for the prisoner. At 4.30 yesterday morning, he dropped across the prisoner near Vernon Park. He told him he should arrest him. Prisoner replied "Will you, by God; I'll shoot you"; and pulled out a five chambered revolver, which was found afterwards to contain four cartridges. The Sergeant gave the prisoner several heavy blows to the face, and calling some knockers-up to his assistance, the revolver was wrenced from the prisoner's hand. The prisoner, on being searched was found to be in posession of gold and silver ornaments, ten skeleton keys, thirty two other keys and burglar's tools generally. At his Manchester lodgings the witness found other suspicious articles. Chief Constable Jones said the prisoner was suspected of a recent robbery at Altrincham. If identified by the police from that place he would be handed over to them. If not, the Buxton police would take him into custody.

The magistrates  remanded Winslow

There were no further reports of this case but presumably the accused was brought to trial.

The Nottinghamshire Guardian continued it's story:

John Botton, keeper of the Pack Horse public house at Tunstead, Derbyshire, stated that on 5th February, the prisoner Smith entered the house apparrently in a great hurry and asked for a glass of ale, saying he had to meet the half past seven train at Whaley. The ale was served by the wife of witness, to whom Smith gave a five shilling piece stating that he had no less change. Witness took out the five shilling piece and was told that it was bad. He took it back to the prisoner, and told him it was bad. He said he would return it to the person from whom he had had it.
Eliza Joddrell sworn: Is the wife of Jonathan Joddrell who keeps a beerhouse at Horwich in Derbyshire.On 5th February, between seven and eight o'clock, the prisoner George Hardman, entered the house and asked for a glass of ale. She served it and he paid for it with a five shilling piece which she told him was bad. She then handed the five shilling back to Hardman who handed it to the brother in law of the witness, who dropped it on the ground to ring it, and then compared it with the ring of a crown piece which he had himself, and said that Hardman's coin did not ring like his own.
John Green stated that he lodged in the house of the last witness and with Joddrell  followed Hardman on the evening in question. Overtook Hardman, who was in company with Smith and kept two hundred yards behind them until they reached Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Oliver Barber stated that on 5th February he was with a boy named Walker, when he picked up a bag containing a great number of five shilling pieces wrapped up separately in paper.  They were quite new. They took the bag and the money to the school master.  Mr.Branwell the school master said that he received the bag from the boys and gave it to the police. Superintendent Shaw produced the bag of coin. Henry Iveson, Chapel-en-le-Frith stated that the coins produced were counterfeit. There were nineteen altogether including the two that the prisoners passed. They were all from the same die.  The prisoners addressed the jury, who after the charge from the learned judge, returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. The judge sentenced them to be each imprisoned for one year.

From the days when a glass of ale was 1½d

THEY MUST HAVE FELT SORRY FOR HIM

29th January 1890 and the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent reported once more on the case of Robert Jackson.

The inhabitants of Whaley Bridge and the neighbourhood are this week forwarding a numerously signed petition to the Home Secretary praying for the release before the expiration of his sentence of Robert Jackson, late postmaster and assistant overseer of Whaley Bridge, who is serving 12 months imprisonment for embezzling the moneys of the Post Office and Whaley Bridge Provident Society. Amongst the signatories are local magistrates, clergymen and ministers and nearly all the ladies of the society whose money Jackson misappropriated.

Of course, by now, they had got their money back !

In April 1848, the Stockport Advertiser wrote about the depredations of tramps and latitudinarians:

For several weeks back, the neighbourhoods of New Mills, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge have been infested with a number of able-bodied individuals, who, under pretence of being destitute, have committed serious outrages upon the shopkeepers and other inhabitants there.  And yet it is remarkable how very indifferently, or rather very inadequately these offences have been entertained by the administrators of the law in that district; as the following cases will illustrate.  On Tuesday evening, three stout looking young men, natives of Manchester, but who had been to Sheffield, applied at the Chapel-en-le-Frith workhouse for shelter for the night and obtained it.  No sooner, however, had they been admitted within the walls of the night asylum, than they began to destroy their clothing by burning them (their own being ragged and wet), calculating that in the morning they would each be supplied with new and better clothng at the Union expense.  In this latter instance, they were mistaken, for the only habitaments provided for them were made from wrappering, and the appearance not being very complimentary, they became very disorderly and refused to put them on.  The Governor insisted; a riot ensued; and the tramps threatened to commit some outrage in the village if they were turned out in the clothing tendered to them.  In this dilemma, a resident magistrate was consulted; but he declined to interfere. The Governoer then on his own responsibility, got assistance; the tramps were clothed by force, and they were turned out of the workhouse early in the afternoon.  About three o'clock,  being on their way from Chapel-en-le-Frith to Stockport, they broke the windows of Mr T C Mosley, and stole several currant cakes thereout, and were apprehended by the constable while they were eating the cakes near to the shop.  The next day they were taken before a resident magistrate; but, after hearing the case, he declined to commit them fot the felony, because the property stolen was so trifling.  On the other hand, he would not discharge them, because they had threatened the constable that if he did not take them into custody, they would commit another outrage before dark.  They were accordingly committed to Derby house of correction for two months, with an intimation to Mr Mosley that the expenses of £1. 4s must be paid by him.  Mr Mosley complained that the defendents had not been committed on his charge; and, therefore he had no right to be called upon, not only to repair the damage to his broken window, the loss of his cakes, but the additional costs of their commitment, for using improper language to the constable. He submitted that as the felony having been proved, the magistrate had no alternative but to commit for felony; and moreover mutated the injured and robbed shopkeeper in the amount of cost of £1. 4s.  This, uopn the face of it, appears a very cruel proceeding; and if it be Derbyshire law or Derbyshire equity, we shall much prefer being governed by our system of Cheshire justice.  Our correspondent further complains that the same magistrate seems to have an insuperable objection to committing for trial in trivial cases of felony. A few weeks since, two men went into the shop of Mr Collier near Whaley, and asked for 3lb of bread; and when given to them they began to eat it, but refused to pay for it.  The parties were apprehended, but no committal followed. In consequence of this systematic indisposition to administer the law fully, the shopkeepers and licenses victuallers in that vicinity have determined upon sending a protest with their names attached, to the proper authorities on the subject, intimating that  if any further depredations are committed upon their property by tramps and latitudinarians, they will deal summarily with the case, without troubling the resident magistrate.