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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. May 1, 2015. The Mysterious Death of Millicent Dawes: Gloucester, 1871. 8220;Matron Wanted at the County Prison”: Gloucester, 1845-67 →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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“Atheism and Blasphemy”: The case of George Jacob Holyoake, Cheltenham, 1842 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. 8220;Atheism and Blasphemy”: The case of George Jacob Holyoake, Cheltenham, 1842. December 5, 2014. Since 1841, Holyoake had been contributing articles to a journal published in Bristol by Charles Southwell, called the. In his own account of the case, published in 1850 (. The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography. Holyoake said that there was great economic distress in the country, an...
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A Family Business: Brothers Hanged Together in Gloucestershire, 1730-1830 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. A Family Business: Brothers Hanged Together in Gloucestershire, 1730-1830. March 20, 2015. March 20, 2015. A Double Execution. Woodcut from Hindley’s “Curiosities of Street Literature” (1871), p.372. (Accessed via Google Books). 22 August 1735, Nathaniel and Jonathan Willis. John and Abraham Wood. The following have all been confirmed as being brothers:. 26 March 1741, Thomas and Francis Cook. Were hanged at Over. They had been...
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Marry In Haste and Repent at Leisure: Gloucester, 1871 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. Marry In Haste and Repent at Leisure: Gloucester, 1871. February 13, 2015. February 13, 2015. Illustrated Police News, 23 Sept 1871 (Courtesy of British Newspaper Archive). The above image appeared on the front page of the. On 23 September 1871. Inside the paper was an article describing a series of dramatic events at the India House Inn, Gloucester, which led to a man being arrested, on a charge of stealing a watch and chain.
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“Was buryed a prisoner from the Castle”: St Nicholas Parish Church, Gloucester, 1558-1785 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. 8220;Was buryed a prisoner from the Castle”: St Nicholas Parish Church, Gloucester, 1558-1785. June 22, 2015. So last week I made use of my annual subscription to thoroughly study the St Nicholas burial registers. St Nicholas Parish Church, Gloucester. Etched by J. Le Keux from a picture by W.H. Bartlett. In “Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities”, by John Britton, 1836. In total, between 1558 and 1785. 24 May 1562, John Ha...
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“Matron Wanted at the County Prison”: Gloucester, 1845-67 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. 8220;Matron Wanted at the County Prison”: Gloucester, 1845-67. May 28, 2015. May 28, 2015. It became evident whilst researching the female staff at Gloucester Prison that as well as Mrs Kent, a number of matrons were dismissed for breaking the Rules in some way. In fact, between 1845 and 1867, three successive matrons either were sacked or resigned before they could be dismissed. The first of these matrons was Mrs Susan Peel. Adver...
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The Mysterious Death of Millicent Dawes: Gloucester, 1871 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. The Mysterious Death of Millicent Dawes: Gloucester, 1871. April 30, 2015. April 30, 2015. Henry Cox, a cab-driver with whom Millicent Dawes had been “keeping company” for several years, was then called. Shelton was asked if this was the man who had spoken to him. He replied that he thought the man had been taller than Cox, and although their voices sounded similar, he couldn’t swear that this was him. The proceedings were then adj...
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An Atheist in Gloucester Gaol, 1842-3 | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. An Atheist in Gloucester Gaol, 1842-3. January 20, 2015. January 20, 2015. At the Gloucestershire Assizes held in August 1842, George Jacob Holyoake, a socialist lecturer, was sentenced to six months in Gloucester Gaol for committing blasphemy, after saying at a lecture in Cheltenham that he did not believe in God. I wrote about his case in a previous post, which you can read by clicking here. He described his time in prison. When ...
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Jill Evans | Gloucestershire Crime History
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Historical bits and pieces about crime and punishment in Gloucestershire. 8220;A man of brutal passions”: A case of attempted murder, Gloucester, 1878. November 11, 2016. In his defence, Hooper said that he was innocent, and that he believed Brinn had done it to herself, in order to get him into trouble. He was, of course, found guilty, but the jury decided that he had not intended to murder Brinn, but rather to inflict grievous bodily harm. In passing sentence, the judge revealed that Hooper had been co...