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Isabel H
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Tried at Birkenhead - jailed where?
« on: Sunday 11 May 08 18:56 BST (UK) »
From a newspaper I discovered that in June 1883 at Birkenhead Quarter sessions an ancestor was sentenced to 6 months with hard labour. Can anyone suggest where he would have served his sentence?
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Re: Tried at Birkenhead - jailed where?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 11 May 08 19:08 BST (UK) »
have you tried
http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/uk/
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Re: Tried at Birkenhead - jailed where?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 11 May 08 21:29 BST (UK) »
As Birkenhead was in the County of Cheshire it could be Chester Castle Prison, or possibly Walton Gaol Liverpool.


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Re: Tried at Birkenhead - jailed where?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 12 May 08 10:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you both. 

Yes, I have tried Black Sheep ancestors but didn't find him there.

I shall try to follow up your suggestions, Stan.

Isabel
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Re: Tried at Birkenhead - jailed where?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 May 08 07:54 BST (UK) »
Then, as now, convicts could serve their sentences anywhere. One of my lot from the Lancaster area appears in the 1891 census at HM Prison Borstal, in Kent.

Must find out what he did!
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