Description:Business leaders in Burslem, Cobridge, Longport and Tunstall here unite in their efforts to prosecute wrong doers - they are to form an Association for the Prosecution of Felons.
Witness Protection
The men pledge protection to any informer who can shed light on trespasses, robbery and damage to houses, factories and pastures.
This was a key promise. With no police force to protect witnesses in a close-knit community, informers could easily become uneasy.
Rewards
A list of rewards also appears. For information about stealing earthenware or colour from pottery factories, informers can expect to be paid £1 1s - but this will rise to £5 5s if there is a conviction.
For information leading to a conviction related to horse-stealing, house-breaking or highway robbery, £20 is offered.
Legal Aid
The society has resolved to assist with legal fees anybody "honest and industrious" enough to have acquired a house or garden, as long as they can prove who has committed the crime.
John Hall
John and Richard Riley
John Davenport
Benjamin Goodwin
William Adams, Cobridge
Jos. Brindley
Rhead and Goodfellow
Peter Warburton
R. Billington and Sons
Bagshaw and Meir
John Warburton
John and George Rogers
Keeling and Ogilvy
Henshall and Williamson
Wood and Caldwell
Thomas Wedgwood
William Bourne
John Wood
John Heath
George Knott
Charles Cotton
Ralph Bagnall
Andrew Blackwell
Mary Daniel
Daniel Steele
James and Andrew Stevenson
John and William Mosel
Wright and Robinson
James Preston
Lindop and Taylor
Thomas Maydew
Thomas Gibbs
Robert Heath
About this document
Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood collected this document, and it is now amongst the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.