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The Criminal Registers 1791-1892 can be found at the National Archives and on Ancestry. They contain listings of individuals charged with crime and they provide information about the individual charged, their trial, sentence, and the outcome.
Poole History Centre Volunteers have searched the registers and transcribed all the individuals tried in Poole.
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Extract from the Salisbury Journal 30th August 1756. Woman dies from husband's beating.
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The Dorchester Prison Admission and Discharge Registers 1782-1901 can be found at Dorset History Centre and on Ancestry. The registers contain a number of different records documenting prisoners in Dorchester Prison. Details vary but you could find: name, age, place of origin, city of residence, trade, marital status or family, number of children, physical characteristics: height, hair color, eye color, complexion, marks and crimes.
There are gaps in the years that are covered. For example, years 1807–1808, 1837, and 1880–1886 are missing.
Poole History Centre Volunteers have searched the records and transcribed the Poole people, attached is an alphabetical list by surname.
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Extract from The Poole Pilot July 1868. Murder of Ann Hancock, 17. George Ivamy sent to trial.
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Extract from Salisbury Journal 7 June 1756. Account of theft of sail cloth from a sloop, John Tilsed the Master. Traced to the Master (William Lee) and two other men on the William of Scarborough. Stolen sheep were also found. The three were committed to the Gaol.
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Extract from the Salisbury Journal for 2nd Febuary 1756. Mary Lansdown jailed for stealing from Arthur Green at the Crown Inn.
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Extract from Salisbury Journal 26th July 1756. Quarter Sessions finds Captain and crewman of vessel guilty of theft and sentenced to be whipped. They break out and escape.
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