Croydon Crown Court 1849

[ezekiel]

My husband's 2 x great Grandfather, James  TAYLOR was tried in the C C Court , June 1849 as a 20 year old then sent out to Tamania for 10 years. I have worked out that the 'C C ' before the Court stands for Croydon Crown, which is I am assuming  near London city?

His 'Native Place' was recorded as 'City Road'....can anyone help me work out where exactly/roughly this City Road was/is?
His calculated year of birth is 1829 -1831 worked out from Convict record, age at mge and death.

In his 1910 death notice, Captain James Staines Taylor's widow had 'Late London' included in the notice and had ' UK papers to copy' the notice, so am assuming he still had family living there.
Still deciphering [trying to anyway] what he was tried for but that's another matter...[Mmmm...where best to post that querie??]
Thanks for any help in this matter
Cheers
Julie

[suffolk*sue]

Hi

Have found out it stands for Central Criminal Court, have found his sentencing in a newspaper report.

Have you tried the free Gale newspaper trial.

http://access.gale.com/gdctrial/

You maybe might find some more info on James and any of your other ancestors.

 

[pharmakon]

"CC Court" would be the Central Criminal Court, popularly known as the Old Bailey.

City Road is in central London and can be found on any street map.

[suffolk*sue]

Or try


http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

[ezekiel]

Thank you both for the quick replies. Unfortunately I cannot access the 'free' Gale paper trial from here in South Oz suffolk*sue.
I shall go and have a look at Old Bailey Online - thanks S*S.
Whilst waiting I did look at the 1841 Census for his name in Mdx county aged 10 -15 and found a 9 yr old  James Taylor in the Staines Registration Dist.
This possibly explains the useage of 'Staines as a middle name through many generations of Taylors in Tassie. Makes sense???

[casalguidi]

Makes sense???

I wouldn't be so sure about that.  There are plenty of James TAYLORs to choose from in the 1841 census of Middlesex and see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Road for an explanation of "City Road".

Casalguidi

[suffolk*sue]

This looks like your chap.

JAMES TAYLOR, SOPHIA NEIL, Theft > burglary, 11th June 1849

[ezekiel]

This looks like your chap.

JAMES TAYLOR, SOPHIA NEIL, Theft > burglary, 11th June 1849

I think so as well Suffolk*sue. I went and had a look just before I took the dog for his walk. Dates match...now to find the right James Taylor on the Census. I need to see if I can find the 9 year old from Staines reg dist on the 1851 but findmypast.com haven't got it yet. Any help available on this part??

Casalguidi ...thanks for the Wikipeaedia link...looking now. I still would wager the Staines part though have to yet prove it

[suffolk*sue]

To be completely honest, seeing as the trial proceedings says he was living in lodgings, then James could have come from anywhere.

One piece I liked in the article, he appeared to have been called "Jem". A lovely personal anecdote.