Old Suffolk Newspaper info request circa 1827

[north01]

Hello

I understand from a contact that the account of my gggg grandfather's trial for larceny was published in an Ipswich newspaper around October 1827. Not sure of how much detail there is.

He was convicted of larceny and transported to Australia for 14 yrs, ending up staying in NSW. His name was William Hawes (about 1801-1868) , and his actual crime was stealing pigs. Not sure what newspapers from around that time are digitised, if any. Is it possible to get a copy of the account of the trial from a newspaper, whatever the local edition was called then, from eg Ipswich Library?

As I live in Australia, any info is greatly appreciated.

Regards

Paul

[Nick29]

It may will be possible - try emailing them.

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ also now has quite a few articles from Suffolk newspapers.   It's free to search, but Pay to View 

[north01]

Nick

Thanks for the quick response- just found the article from the Ipswich Journal of October 1827 on that website.

Regards

Paul

[Nick29]

I'm glad you found something 

Here's a hint - before purchasing viewing credits, make a list of any other pages that you want to see.  If I recall correctly, the 2-day subscription contains about 300 viewing credits, and a page is 10 credits, so you should be able to view about 30 pages in all 

[Alan b]

I haven't checked but is anything mentioned here:

http://www.foxearth.org.uk/newspapers.html

[north01]

Hi Alan

Nothing there unfortunately but interesting project.

Regards

Paul

[patronh]

British  Nineteenth Century newspaper can be viewed for free at the National Library in Canberra, you need to register which is also free and they can be viewed online.