William Hunt

The Life and Voyage of William Hunt of Tharston, Norfolk
(1828 - 1890)
by Philip John Buzzard & Nigel Peacock

3.1
Burglary on 19th November 1847 and Court Appearance on 28th Mar 1848

Norwich Mercury – 27th Nov 1847 [9]

Transcript:
“A very determined burglary was committed on Friday morning, the 19th inst. In the village of Tasburgh. Mrs. Cooper, a widow, living upon her property, was, with her niece, who slept in the same room, alarmed about one o’clock in the morning by some one endeavouring to force the door of their bed-room. They asked who was there, when the door was directly broken open with such force as to break it completely from the hinges. A man wrapped up in a white tablecloth (taken from the kitchen), his legs enveloped in hay bands, to prevent noise, with a bludgeon in his hand, entered the room, and upon the inmates calling out, he desired them to be quiet, or he would murder them. He then desired them to deliver all the money they had in the house, which they immediately gave him, when he quietly walked downstairs and out of the house. This was evidently the work of a person who knew the house well, or who had been minutely informed of its ways. On Wednesday two young men living in the neighbourhood, named William Peck and William Hunt, were committed to the Castle for the robbery by the Rev. Ellis Burroughs and William Gwynn, Esq.”

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Court Calendar 1848 [10]

A Calendar

Norfolk,
TO WIT.

Of Prisoners, in the custody of the Sheriff of the said County, at the common Gaol of the said County, and of persons for trial at the Lent Assizes, to be holden at the Castle of Norwich, in the Shirehouse there, in and for the said County, on Tuesday, the 28th day of March, 1848, before the RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR F. POLLOCK, Knight, Chief Baron of our Lady the Queen, of her Court of Exchequer, and the HONOURABLE SIR THOMAS COLTMAN, Knight, one of the Justices of our said Lady the Queen, of her Court of Common Pleas.

Criminal Register 1948 (extract)

No Bill acqd

R.

R.imp.

Norfolk,
TO WIT.

12

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Committed November 24th, 1847, by Rev. Ellis Burroughs, Clk. And Wm. Gwyn, Esq. charged on the oath of William Carlton, of Stratton St. Mary, police constable, with having, on the night of the 18th of the same month, at Tasburgh, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house of Jane Cooper, of Tasburgh aforesaid, widow, and stolen therefrom some silver coins of this realm, her property.

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[9] Norwich Mercury, 27th November, 1847 - FindMyPast - Newspapers and Periodicals
[10] England and Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 – Class: HO 27; Piece: 85; Page: 342 - Ancestry

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