prison record offence

[ianatkinson]

Hi everyone, I was looking at some prison records (Wakefield, UK) for a man who had five convictions over a number of years.

I could read four of them (debt, assault on wife etc.) but the one in the attached image I'm struggling with!

It looks to say F??f Rec[oi]p or similar but I can't think what they mean by it, I presume it's an abbreviation for something. All I can think is 'recip' as in recipient but I can't fathom it out.

Any guesses?

[shanreagh]

The first word might be short for forfeiture.

[arthurk]

I can't tell exactly where in the record it is, ie whether it might be recording the offence or the sentence or something else. But building on shanreagh's suggestion, I wonder if if might be "Forf[eits] Recog[nizance]s".

In other words, he'd done something like failing to answer bail, or done something he'd been bound over not to do, and as a result was to forfeit his bond money.

[Bookbox]

I agree with arthurk.

[ianatkinson]

I can't tell exactly where in the record it is, ie whether it might be recording the offence or the sentence or something else. But building on shanreagh's suggestion, I wonder if if might be "Forf[eits] Recog[nizance]s".

In other words, he'd done something like failing to answer bail, or done something he'd been bound over not to do, and as a result was to forfeit his bond money.

It's the offence that's in the screen shot I could read the rest of the column just not that bit

[ianatkinson]

This is the whole page (4th entry down)

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/68409:5085?tid=&pid=&queryId=3260dfdc-b038-4a9d-8005-a698e838aacb&_phsrc=eBf366&_phstart=successSource

[Bookbox]

Thanks for linking to the image. I still agree with arthurk - Forfeits Recognizances.

[ianatkinson]

Thank you, I'm struggling to see the last letter as a 'g' not a 'p' but it's quite scratty writing so I think that is a good guess and not a term I'm familiar with so didn't think of.

I did have a flick through the pages in the book to see if I could see any other examples of the term but I couldn't so whatever it was can't have been that common. I did find some other interesting entries though including

“stealing 9 pairs of trousers”
“attempted sodomy”
“sunday trading”
“stealing two live rabbits”
“idle pauper”
“attempted suicide” (no help for you, off to jail!)
“neglectful driving”
“gross indecency”
“found in outhouse”
“illegally dredging canal”
“carnal knowledge (girl under 16)”
“stealing a silk handkerchief”
“incest”
“collarless dog”

...quite an interesting document really!

[Bookbox]

I'm struggling to see the last letter as a 'g' not a 'p'

The end of the abbreviation is ...gs (not p), as already explained by arthurk above - Recog[nizance]s.