Second opinion needed...did this person go to jail for cutting down a tree?

[rutht22000]

Does this look like 'felony in lopping a maiden Ash'? 

He got 6 months only to be interfering with maidens of the more feminine kind a few years later and getting 3 months for fathering a bastard child....

[Joyful]

 'felony in lopping a maiden Ash'? 

That's what I read it as...I can't think what else it could be

Joy

[rutht22000]

thanks Joy

When I first read it I think i saw lopping as stopping and maiden as in female....then worked out it might be to do with trees 

other evidence suggests three of them were jailed for the same offence at the same time...must have been a big tree 

[Alexander.]

He got 6 months only to be interfering with maidens of the more feminine kind a few years later and getting 3 months for fathering a bastard child....

He went to prison for fathering a bastard child?

[Craclyn]

thanks Joy

When I first read it I think i saw lopping as stopping and maiden as in female....then worked out it might be to do with trees 

other evidence suggests three of them were jailed for the same offence at the same time...must have been a big tree 

Have you checked that there was no young lady with surname Ash in the vicinity at that time?

[rutht22000]

yes. 3 months for it in jail.  bit harsh....unless there was something behind it that's not in the records

[rutht22000]

thanks Joy

When I first read it I think i saw lopping as stopping and maiden as in female....then worked out it might be to do with trees 

other evidence suggests three of them were jailed for the same offence at the same time...must have been a big tree 

Have you checked that there was no young lady with surname Ash in the vicinity at that time?

 

If there is a Miss Ash who was lopped its a very colourful way of putting it...honestly did think it was talking about a woman at the time so you never know!

[stanmapstone]

See http://mcaf.ee/es2mj

Stan

[stanmapstone]

Even today it is illegal to cut down, prune, or damage a tree protected by a Tree Preservation Order . The unauthorised lopping or felling of a tree is a serious criminal offence and can result in a large fine and a criminal record.

Stan