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Offline norma_jess

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Reason for jail sentence. COMPLETED
« on: Tuesday 31 July 18 16:22 BST (UK) »
Could any one please tell me why would someone be given a 6 year jail sentence for stealing a P. Q Letter.
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North Wales Denbighshire .Williams. Hopwood.
Flintshire. Williams. Griffiths. Clarke. Hopwood.
Cheshire. Darlington. Stubbs.
Staffordshire. Darlington. Stubbs. Fieldhouse. Biddulph.
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Lancashire. Johnson/Johnston. Bebbington. Harris. Pimlott.
Cumberland. Marriner. Tuddenham. Crozier, Bell. Johnson/Johnston. Norman.
Northumberland.  Marriner. Leathard. Common
Norfolk. Tuddenham. Rolfe. Rosier.

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Re: Reason for jail sentence.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 16:25 BST (UK) »
What dates are you speaking about please? There are criminal record papers on Find My Past but only up to a certain date.
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Re: Reason for jail sentence.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 16:33 BST (UK) »
If you give us a bit more information - name of the accused, date and place of conviction - we may be able to help. Are you sure your source says "P Q" ?
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Re: Reason for jail sentence.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 16:44 BST (UK) »
Are you sure it is PQ and not PO? Maybe Post Office letter or Postal Order ... Royal mail a crime against the King/Queen = thought of as a very serious crime, depending on the era.
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend

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Re: Reason for jail sentence.
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 17:10 BST (UK) »
You don't give the date but if it was from the Post Office, then under the Post Office Act 1908

Stealing mail bag or postal packet
If any person—
(a)steals a mail bag ; or
(b)steals from a mail bag, or from a post office, or from an officer of the Post Office, or from a mail, any postal packet in course of transmission by post; or
(c)steals any chattel or money or valuable security out of a postal packet in course of transmission by post; or
(d)stops a mail with intent to rob or search the mail;he shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to penal servitude for life or any term not less than three years, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years.


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Re: Reason for jail sentence. COMPLETED
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 17:36 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the information you have given.  The wording looked very like a Q on the three sentences but O makes more sense.  So I have completed my request.
North Wales Denbighshire .Williams. Hopwood.
Flintshire. Williams. Griffiths. Clarke. Hopwood.
Cheshire. Darlington. Stubbs.
Staffordshire. Darlington. Stubbs. Fieldhouse. Biddulph.
Census information is Crown Copyright  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Lancashire. Johnson/Johnston. Bebbington. Harris. Pimlott.
Cumberland. Marriner. Tuddenham. Crozier, Bell. Johnson/Johnston. Norman.
Northumberland.  Marriner. Leathard. Common
Norfolk. Tuddenham. Rolfe. Rosier.

Census information is Crown Co

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Re: Reason for jail sentence. COMPLETED
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 18:20 BST (UK) »
Have you looked for press reports of the trial?
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Re: Reason for jail sentence. COMPLETED
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 31 July 18 18:25 BST (UK) »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Tuesday 31 July 18 18:20 BST (UK)
Have you looked for press reports of the trial?

and Calendar of Prisoners which will give you details of the Assizes and Quarter Sessions trial
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend
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