PRISON REGISTER 1782-1808 (Ancestry.com images 1 to 204) [xx records Dorchester - xx for Fordington Total xx ]
Image 4 - 27 Mar 1786 - Thomas GUPPY
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No. : 3
Warrant Date: 27 Mar 1786
By Whom : The Mayor of Borough of Dorchester
Admitted to Prison: 27 Mar 1786
Name: Thomas GUPPY
Parish: Dorchester
Trade: Labourer
Condition: Single
Age: 17
Size: 5ft 3 ins
Hair: Dark
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Grey
Marks: Left eye out, round face
Crime: Stealing Meat
Bef whom tried: Sir Richard Perryn Knight
When tried: 1786 Summer Assizes
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: Privately Whipped
Behaviour: Orderly
When Discharged: 1786 Aug 6th
Prison Reg No. : 35
Remarks: When discharged:
Image 5 - 21 July 1786- Daniel SPENCER
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No. : 21
Warrant Date: 21 July 1786
By Whom : Charged in cutody by judge in Court
Admitted to Prison: 4 Aug 1786
Name: Daniel SPENCER
Parish: Dorchester
Trade: Labourer
Condition: Married
Age: 23
Size: 5ft 7ins
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: Receiving stolen goods
Bef whom tried: Sir Richard PERRYN Knight
When tried: 1786 Summer Assizes
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: 14 years Transport
Behaviour: - orderly
When Discharged: 9th Aug 1786
Prison Reg No. : 53
Remarks: Put on board Dunkirk at Plymouth [Note:- His Trial is recorded in the Quarter Session Records Image 210 Ancestry.com on 16th Sep 1786 - under heading Gaoler Transport Order: Link to full Transcription. The ship referred to used to be HMS Dunkirk and was a 60 gun fourth rate ship of the line and launched in 1754 from Woolwich dockyard. She ceased service for the Royal Navy in 1782 and converted to the hulk 'Dunkirk' operating from 1784 to 1791 at Plymouth. In 1786 she became a depot ship holding convicts waiting to join the first fleet ships to Botany Bay and held a small contingent of female prisoners.
Image 6 - 8th Sep 1786 Mary LUCAS
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No. : 5
Warrant Date: 8th Sep 1786
By Whom : The Mayor of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Admitted to Prison: 8th Sep 1786
Name: Mary LUCAS
Parish: from the Parish Fordington -
Trade: [blank]
Condition: Married
Age: [blank]
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Crime: Stealing Barley (with others Sarah LUCAS, Rebecca LUCAS, and Frances WINZAR all from Fordington being No.s 59, 60 and 61 in the register all treated the same)
Bef whom tried: Dr Sherive, William Toogood Esq & others
When tried: Michaelmus Sessions 1786
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: Weeks hard labour the County Gaol Dorchester
Behaviour: Orderly
When Discharged: 12th Oct 1786
Prison Reg No. : 58
Remarks: [Blank]
Image 10 - 19th June 1787 - Robert AMEY
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No. : 20
Warrant Date: 19th June 1787
By Whom :The Mayor of the Borough of Dorchester
Admitted to Prison: 19th June 1787
Name: Robert AMEY
Parish: from the Parish Fordington -
Trade: Labourer
Condition: [Blank]
Age: 9
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: Stealing Iron
Bef whom tried: Mayor of Dorchester & Wm Templeman Esq
When tried:
Event of trial: Discharged
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When Discharged: 6th July 1787
Prison Reg No. : 105
Remarks: This boy was committed to be tried at the Borough Sessions for Dorchester and was discharged by the order of the Mayor of the said Borough and Wm Templeman Esq
Image 13th Mar 1788 Sarah SWYERS
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No. : 22
Warrant Date: 13 Mar 1788
By Whom : The Mayor of the Borough of Dorchester
Admitted to Prison: 13 Mar 1788
Name: Sarah SWYERS
Parish: from the Parish Fordington -
Trade: [Blank]
Condition: Single
Age: [Blank]
Size: -
Hair: -
Complexion: -
Eyes: -
Marks: -
Crime: Stealing Silver Spoons
Bef whom tried: Sergt Kirby
When tried: Lent Assizes 1788
Event of trial: Guilty
Sentence: 7 years Transportation
Behaviour: orderly
When Discharged: 5th Nov 1788
Prison Reg No. : 144
Remarks:
NOTE:- As will be seen in the document dated the 8th Oct 1788 an appeal for a pardon was made to His Majesty's Justices of the Peace by Rev Thomas BRYER who in 1788 was the curate of St George's church in Fordington (where Sarah SWYER lived) and Chaplain to the County Gaol situated in the centre of Dorchester where she was in prison. He is supported in his petition by Charles Frederick BROOKES and John MORGAN who were Churchwardens at St Georges Church in Fordington and also James BONNETT the Overseer for the poor there.. John HAYNE (d.1799) a Gentleman of Fordington also signed the petition and came from the prestigious HAYNE family who had resided in Dorchester & Fordington since the 14th Century and was well known and respected in the town. Thomas BEDLOE (1743-1804) was another important and regular member of the church vestry at St Georges Church, for example sserving as Overseer of the Poor in 1770 and 1777 and Church Warden 1794-1800. When she was charged with stealing the spoons Sarah SWYER was employed by Caleb CLOTHIER and his wife Ann nee BISHOP who has also endorsed the petition as her former Mistress. The petition was presented at the Aissizes and supported by the Justices who added their support in the form of the 2nd letter far right which is dated on the other side " Dorchester 22nd Oct 1788 and addressed to Mr WALLIS -- Recommendation of Mary? SYYW for a Free Pardon -- one enclosure" . Of particular importance in the appeal are references to offers of employment by the Keeper of the Gaol and her former Caleb Clothier. The request was accepted by His Majesty King George III and luckily returned to the Justices who despite having got her name wrong managed to tie it up with the right person and discharged her on 5th Nov 1788.
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