Criminal Registers - West Yorkshire

[Fitty]

On Ancestry i have found the criminal register for John BECKETT born abt 1797.  The trial date is given as 2 April 1838 and he was acquitted.

Could someone with the full access to Ancestry please give me the details of the two images that are there please.

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=criminalregisters&h=837651&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

My John Beckett was born in 1796 in Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire and i just want to rule out this one as being mine.  I dont think it's him but never say never until you have proof

[Yorkslass]

Hi Fitty,

These Criminal Registers show very little information - hardly any more than you have already - just one line showing name, age, crime and result.

A bit more information is in the Northern Star & Leeds General Advertiser of April 7 1838 -

"Discharged - John Beckett, 41, charged with having been indicted for a felony at Doncaster Sessions January 1838, to which indictment he has not yet appeared or pleaded."

Yorkslass

[Fitty]

I really can't see this being him,  Him and his family were Ag Labs from a tiny village in Buckinghamshire, why would they drag him up to Yorkshire and not have the court session in Buckinghamshire?

  I thought it might have given place or place or something.  I think i'm just going to discount this.

Thanks for that Yorklass.

[Yorkslass]

I agree Fitty.
Not likely to be your John Beckett.  I had a quick look at John Beckett's of the right age in 1841, and there were a few living in and around Doncaster, so they were more likely to be the culprits.

I had a look at the previous West Riding sessions newspaper report in January 1838, but they didn't name any of the prisoners.

Yorkslass