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

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Theft on 26th March and Court Appearance on 2nd April 1850

Images/Content-4-1/Content [4-1] 00001A.jpg@Court Calendar, 1850
Court Calenday, 1850 [12]

A Calendar

Norfolk,
TO WIT.

Of the Prisoners in the Custody of EDWARD ROGER PRATT, ESQUIRE, Sheriff of the said County, in the Common Gaol of the said County, for trial at the Lent Assizes, to be held in and for the said County, at the Castle of Norwich, in the Shirehouse there, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of April, 1850, before the Right Honourable Sir FRED. POLLOCK, Knight, Chief Baron of our Lady the Queen of her Court of Exchequer, and the Honourable Sir W M. Wightman, Knight, one of the Justices of our said Lady the Queen, assigned to hold pleas before the Queen herself, Justices designed to deliver the aforesaid Gaol of the Prisoners therein being.

Criminal Register, 1850 [12]

7 years

William HUNT, aged 24.

Committed March 30, 1850, by Rev. Ellis Burroughs, Clerk, charged on the oaths of Samuel Took, and others, with having, on the 26th of the same month, at Forncett St. Peter, stolen three geese and a gander, the property of the said Samuel Took.
Also charged with two previous convictions of felony.

Norfolk News – 6 Apr 1850 [13]

FOWL STEALING
William Hunt, aged 24, pleaded guilty to the charge of having, on the 26th instant, at Forncett St. Peter, stolen three geese and a gander, the property of Mr. Samuel Took. Sentenced to seven years’ transportation. The prisoner had been convicted on several previous occasions.

The details are summarized in the “ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER OF THE NAMES OF ALL PERSONS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL or BAILED FOR APPEARANCE at the ASSIZES and SESSIONS IN THE YEAR 1850 and the RESULTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 3”, image 199 in FindMyPast [14] .

William spent approximately a month at the Norfolk County Gaol [15] [16] .

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[12] England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 – Ancestry
[13] Norfolk News - 6th April 1850
[14] “England & Wales Register Of The Names Of All Persons Committed For Trial Or Bailed For Appearance At The Assizes And Sessions In The Year 1850 And The Results Of The Proceedings, Vol. 3”, image 199 - Ancestry
[15] Youtube video of Norwich Gaol
[16] Norwich Castle gaol, prison and courtroom virtual trail

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