Cornelius RUCK^{[1, 2]}

1796 -

• Name	Cornelius RUCK
  Christened	14 Feb 1796	Leeds, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I6688	Young Kent Ancestors
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	John RUCK,   c. 26 Feb 1749, Leeds, Kent, England
  Mother	Susanna EALEY
  Married	2 Nov 1773	Leeds, Kent, England
  Family ID	F2280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1797, Newbury, Berkshire, England
  Children	1. Cornelius RUCK,   b. Abt 1824   2. Amelia RUCK,   b. Abt 1827, Bermondsey, Surrey, England   3. Richard RUCK,   b. Abt 1829, Bermondsey, Surrey, England   4. Rowland Hill RUCK,   c. 6 Apr 1831, Borough High Street, Newington, Surrey, England   5. Josiah RUCK,   b. Abt 1834, Newington, Surrey, England
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F2296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cornelius was a provisioning merchant. ACTION AT OLD BAILEY: Reference Number: t18410614-1571 JAMES TUCKER, Theft AND pocketpicking, 14th June 1841. Offence: Theft and pocketpicking Verdict: Guilty and with recommendation Punishment: Imprisonment Corrections JAMES TUCKER was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of May, 1 handkerchief, value 4s., the goods of Cornelius Ruck, from his person. CORNELIUS RUCK . I live in Duke-street, Southwark. On Saturday afternoon, the 29th of May, I was coming into the City—on London-bridge, near the steps leading down to the water on the London side, I felt something trip against my heel—I turned round and saw the prisoner close behind me—I thought he looked rather suspicious, and put my hand to my pocket and found my handkerchief was gone—I followed him to the top of the steps leading to Thames-street, where there was a police-man, but before I could speak to him the prisoner ran down the steps—the policeman and I followed him, but lost sight of him—we went under the arch and up the steps on the other side, and walked half-way across the bridge, but could not see him, but on our way back I saw him—I saw the policeman take him, and find my handkerchief on him—I am quite sure of his person. Cross-examined by MR. CHARNOCK. Q. What time of day was this? A. Three o'clock—there were several persons passing—he was close behind me when I turned round—I did not see any body touch my pocket, but felt it—I could perceive no body near but him—he was looking at me very suspiciously—I looked at him very bard—there was guilt in his countenance—this is my handkerchief—I have bad it about six weeks—there is a knot in it which I tied before I left my counting-house, to re-collect something I had to do in the City—I have no mark but the pattern—I swear it is mine—I swear positively to the prisoner—I took very particular notice of him—he looked round at me two or three times as I followed him—I did not sharge him with it at the time, because there was no policeman—I once did so in another case and got surrounded by a number of the people—the policeman said he had got my handkerchief—he said he had no, the had just come from over the water, but when the policeman found it be said he had picked it up—i expect he knew me for when I turned round a woman was passing, and he stooped down behind her to conceal himself. JOHN HORTON . I am a policeman. On the 29th of May, I was at the station when the prisoner was brought in—I saw him searched, and the handkerchief taken out of his coat pocket. (The prisoner received a good character.) GUILTY . Aged 19.—-Recommended to mercy.— Confined Three Months.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] 1861 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), St. Mary Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey, England, RG9/365, page 26 or 36, 7 Apr 1861. #166, 7 Beaufort Villa: Cornelius Ruck, head, married, 65, retired provision merchant, born at Leeds Elizabeth Ruck, wife, married, 67, born at Newbury, Berkshire Elizabeth Kingsbury, servant, unmarried, 25, house servant, born at Faversham [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Lambeth, Stockwell, Surrey, England, RG 10/682, page 16, 2 Apr 1871. #82, 1 Belgrave Terrace: Cornelius Ruck, head, married, 75, retired provisions merchant, born at Leeds Elizabeth Ruck, wife, married, 77, born at Newbury, Berkshire Selina M. Ruck, niece unmarried, 25, born at Guese Hill, Surrey Mary Lufson, servant, unmarried, 24, domestic servant, born at Ely, Cambridge