Help request - Newent, Gloucestershire

[wendy1612]

Hi and thank you for your time,
I have recently located an ancestor of mine on the 1861 census, in Newent, Glocs.
His name was Francis Causer, and he was a prisoner living with a constable of the police.
can any one tell me how do I find out what he did and the length of his sentence.
As I live in the midlands and do not drive, if there are web sites out there that anyone knows of which would help my search I'd love to know.

thank you again for your time
wendy

[Necromancer]

you can often find details of assizes and judicial quarter sessions in Access to Archives site .... but I wonder if his offence was more trivial if he was just 'with' the Police constable in his 'lock-up' perhaps ?

This URL combines A2A and National Archives searches ..

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/quick_search.aspx

[AngelaR]

Doesn't give you anything on Francis, but the Gloucester Record Office's genealogy database gives an Emma Causer in gaol in 1871 - occupation prostitute. Was she one of yours?

If you want to have a look at he database, it's quite good - try http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx

There will be a lot more information in the files if anyone of yours appears in the database. I recently went to the Record Office and looked up one of the gaol entries for a RootsChatter and it had lots of detail about the physical details of the prisoner as well as what they were done for.

Angela

[wendy1612]

Hi Angela,
Thank you for your reply, I have certainly got to look into this ....lol
Thank you again for your time
happy searching
wendy

[wendy1612]

Hi Newfy,
Thank you for the link I will be taking a peek.

thank you for your time
happy searching
wendy

[Geoff E]

There's a picture of the old police station/court here

http://18plus.org.uk/nicholson-house/

It was the home of the "Crime Through Time" collection, but this display has now moved on to Littledean Gaol.