Court/Prison advice needed

[coffpigeon]

Hi, this is my first post on here so go easy with me :-)  any advice would be welcome.

To cut a long story short I have no idea why my G Grandfather Mr Duckworth Hargreaves was in Strangeways prison on the 1901 census.  If we assume from the known/unknown facts that it was just a short custodial sentence, what advice and direction can you give me.

Known Facts for Duckworth Hargreaves:
1) 1853 Birth year
2) 1891 Census shows up as living at Wash Lane in Bury (married)
3) 1901 Census shows he is at Strangeways Prison (still married)
4) 1901 Census shows Sarah (his wife) is living at Plantation street in Bacup
5) 1905 Was definitely not in prison as it was his 2nd marriage to my G Grandmother in Bacup
 
Unknown Facts:
1) When he was sent to prison (could be anytime from the day after the 1891 census through to the day before he got married in 1905)
2) Why and for how long he was in prison. (my best guess would be that it was a short custodial sentence)
3) Which court sent him to prison
4) Which address he lived at when he was sent to prison (either Wash Lane, Bury or Plantation Street, Bacup)

cheers
Lucy
(Rochdale based)

[km1971]

Hi Lucy

Here is a link to prisoner records held in Kew - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=253

Galancing down the list HO140 looks a possibility. They look to be original documents so you will have to visit Kew and obtain a reader's ticket.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3462397&SearchInit=4&CATREF=HO+140%2F201 is the one for Lancashire and 1900 for example.

Ken

[coffpigeon]

Thanks Ken,
Much appreciated

[northern_rose]

Have you tried looking in local newspapers? You could do this at the local records office or via the gale newspaper site.