PS Samuel BEARD 1824 Arlingham ( littledean) (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:42 (5647 days ago) @ unknown

Police Sergeant
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Died 24 August 1861, aged 37

Late on the night of 17 August, Sergeant Beard was on plain clothes duty keeping observations for night-time poachers near West Dean in the Forest
of Dean; he confronted four suspects whom he attempted to detain but was knocked down and repeatedly bludgeoned and kicked receiving a fractured skull and other injuries from which he died a week later.

Four men were charged with murder but convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to 15 years penal servitude.

Samuel Beard was stationed at Littledean.

He was survived by his pregnant wife and 6 small children.

1861
Samuel Beard abt 1824 Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England Head Littledean, Gloucestershire
Jane Beard l abt 1827 Setheny, Gloucestershire, England Wife Littledean, Gloucestershire
Jane Beard abt 1846 Chettenham, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
Louisa Beard abt 1848 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
William Morton Beard abt 1851 Sidenham, Gloucestershire, England Son Littledean, Gloucestershire
Samuel Beard abt 1853 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Son Littledean, Gloucestershire
Emily Beard abt 1857 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Littledean, Gloucestershire
Frederick Beard abt 1859 Little Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son Littledean, Gloucestershire

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