Wiltshire County Prison - RODWELL James 2 Jul 1844

[RODWELL]

RODWELL James aged 18 - County Prison listing as accused or convicted 2 July 1844

1. There appears to be no further trace of James Rodwell. Could someone with access to prison records please look this up to see if we can determine the fate of James Rodwell (believed to be born 1826 or 1827; the son of shoemaker Thomas Rodwell from Salisbury Wiltshire)?

CROSS REFERENCE:
Separate lookup request regarding James Rodwell's father etc :
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,384715.0.html

2. There is also a link on that thread to :
National Archives Item Details ADM 157/ 367/264
Folios 264-265 James Rodwell, born Wiltshire

Attestation papers to serve in the Royal Marines at Portsmouth (when aged 21).
Discharged [discharge date not given] as [discharge reason not given].

This could possibly be the same James Rodwell. Can anyone help?


Cheers
Warren

[davierj]

Hi Warren, James Rodwell was committed 25 Jun 1844 charged, with the others below on the oaths of Joseph Carter and others 'having feloniously stolen 10 ducks the property of Richard Cooe at Laverstock.'   They were sentenced at the Quarter Sessions 2 Jul 1844 as follows..............

George Jerrett 14, Thomas Philips 14, Frederick Young 15, Edward Dally 16, James Rodwell 18 to be severally confined at the House of Correction at Fisherton Anger for one week hard labour.   
John Bradley 16 to be confined in the House of Correction at Fisherton Anger for 2 days.

Dave

[RODWELL]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for this brilliant piece of information. It would seem possible that James Rodwell could have lived beyond this short period of incarceration. However, whatever became of him afterwards still remains a mystery.

Cheers
Warren

[davierj]

He could have joined the marines, he does not appear in Wiltshire on the 1851 census.   It may be worth trying to find him on the census in 1851.

Dave