Gloucester Prison Records?

[jackiedillimore]

I wonder if there is anyone that can help me?? I am trying to obtain full details about an ancestor that was in Gloucester Prison?

Alexander Elijah Percy Champion NOAD born 1897 Chipping Sodbury.

The only details i have is from his Service Records? He was arrested on 16th March 1932 and in Chipping Sodbury Court on the 18th March 1932. He was sentenced to 4 weeks in Gloucester Prison for Debts Bastardly Arrears? He was in the Army at this time? but his home address was in Norwich, Norfolk.

If anyone can obtain any further details i would be very grateful.
Kind Regards
Jackie

[CaroleW]

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[Victor Harvey]

Hi Jackie,
Source: Glos Archives (GA) Q/Gc/12/26, Gloucester Prison, Register of Prisoners
Register Number - 1175
Name - NOAD, Alexander Elijah Percy Champion
Date & Place of Committal - (Chipping) Sodbury, 18th March 1932
Offence - Debt/Bastard Arrears (S.A.HALL)
Sentence - £7 8s 0d or 4 weeks Dr
Education - IV
Age - 35
Height - 5' 9 1/2"
Hair - Dark Brown
Trade - Farm Labourer
Religion - Methodist
Birth Place - Marshfield, Glos
Date of Discharge - 14th April 1932
! did check the St Mary the Virgin, Marshfield baptism records, 1795-1799, but he doesn't appear there.
Also, there was a front & side view photograph file, reference Q/Gc/10/3, but unfortunately there is no photograph of Alexander.
Victor

[jackiedillimore]

Hi Victor,

Thank you so so much for taking the trouble to look for me, I really appreciate your help and the time you took to look it up for me.  The findings are just brilliant and add to my family research.

Thank you is just not enough, you are a STAR!!!!!!!!!
Best Wishes
Jackie

[maggorama]

Hi there, I believe my grandfather who died in 1936 went to Gloucester prison for nine months hard labour in late 1933/1934. Is it possible to look him up in the prison records? His name is Abraham Naylor.

[Victor Harvey]

Hi,
I'll have a go at trying to locate the prison record of Abraham NAYLOR when I next visit Glos Archives (GA) and get back to you.
Unfortunately I am unable to pre-order the appropriate file as I need to refer to the indexes in GA and will have to wait whilst the file is retrieved from the vault.
Victor

[maggorama]

Thanks Victor!

[Victor Harvey]

Hi magorama,
Source: Glos Archives (GA) Q/Gc/12/26, Register No 250, Gloucester Prisoner Records
Name - NAYLOR, Abraham Alexander
Date & Place of Committal - 10th August 1933 @ Staple Hill, (Bristol), Glos, Quarter Sessions
Date & Place of Conviction - 19th October 1933 @ Staple Hill, (Bristol), Glos, Quarter Sessions
Offence - Obtaining money by false pretences
Sentence - 9 months hard labour concur:
Education - VII
Age - 35
Height - 5'9"
Hair - Dark Brown
Trade or Occupation - Traveller
Religion - C of E
Birth Place - Stoke-on-Trent
Previous Convictions - 1 IMP (Imprisonment?), 1 DR (Drunk?) + 292 0 (a mystery to me!)
Date of Discharge on expiration - 18th July 1934
Earliest - 4th June 1934
Actual - 4th June 1934
NB: Abraham NAYLOR b. 1898 Stoke on Trent 6b 230 Mar Qtr.
Victor

[maggorama]

Hi Victor,
Thank you very much! I do know that he was sent to boarding school early on in life, for stealing from his step father. That may account for one conviction. I'm not sure about the other. This is fascinating! Thanks again!