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Topic: Warwickshire Quarter Sessions (Read 232 times)
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RogFromBrum
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Hello!
I've a couple of related questions that I hope someone might be able to help with.
Firstly, I was going through a page from the Warwick Quarter Session Courts from 1838. Some of those convicted were sent to gaol and some to a house of correction. What was the difference between these two places?
Secondly, for those convicted the printed list is annotated by hand with the sentence. However, besides saying how long was to be spent in gaol or the house of correction, most also contain the abbreviation "L h l" (at least I think this is what it says - I've attached a snippet). For example, for my ancestor, Thomas Hailstone, his sentence reads: 2 mo G L h l. Does anyone know what L h l stands for?
Thanks, Roger
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Parker, Nokes, Jackson, Hailstone, Murray, Fiske, Bodycot, Marshall
Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire
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julieproctor61
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.natio
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Hi Roger
Warwickshire County Council have a searchable "Calender of Prisoners" database on line. Thomas is on there, his sentence is listed at 2 month Gaol +.
If you click the sentence link it tells you what the abbreviations mean, however it doesn't explain Thomas's. I wonder if the L between the G and H is a plus sign? His sentence being 2 months Goal with hard labour?
Here's the link for the website
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/corporate/Prisoner.nsf/f82bb6d85ae4bffd80256cb5005f693a/$searchForm?SearchView
Julie
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Spicer, Harris, Coventry
Huntley Wiltshire, Monmouthshire
Gardner Stoneleigh, Gloucestershire
Holmes, warwickshire
Cox, Daventry, Coventry, Rugby
Hales, Stockton, Southam
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RogFromBrum
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Hi Julie,
Thanks for your reply.
I'd found Thomas on the WCC website and had then ordered copies of the original records from the county archives (cost £5 for two pages).
I'd also looked at the list of abbreviations but, as you say, it doesn't cover this particular one.
However, I think you are right that "h l" means hard labour and the initial letter could be a plus sign. Alternatively, I'm wondering if it's a "k"? The reason is that if you put the expression "kept to hard labour" into Google it comes up with quite a few hits so would seem to be a phrase in common use.
About 7 years later, Thomas committed a second offence and was transported to Tasmania for 7 years! Some people never learn!
Thanks, Roger
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Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire
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