On this day … 19 October 1839

The Hampshire Advertiser reported on the recent Quarter Sessions that took place on 15th October 1839 in Winchester.

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From the Calendar of Prisoners we discover a little more. James WATERS is at Winchester Gaol “the Bridewell” and has been there since the 31st August 1839. He has to do Hard Labour for his 3 month sentence. The crime of stealing wheat from Robert HOLDWAY we learn took place on the 25th August 1839.

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1. Findmypast Newspaper collection, Hampshire Advertiser, 19 Oct 2039, Pg. 3 of 4 ↩︎
2. Ancestry.co.uk, UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951, Winchester Gaol, Hampshire: Calendar of Trials At Quarter Sessions For the County of Southampton 15 October 1839 ↩︎