Oh my goodness...

[perth tiger]

http://www.poskitts.com/companybackground.html

[littlebootsy]

http://www.poskitts.com/companybackground.html

Interesting. I'm not sure if this relates to the same Poskitt family as mine, I know Charles William had 4 daughters, so it's not likely to be that side, however he had brothers that could be related to that business. I might investigate!

It sounds horrific and shows that there's nothing new about some of today's high profile cases.

I know I was shocked when I read it. What a nasty little boy this person was. If it wasn't my relation, I wonder what became of him, and if it WAS my relation... I'm ashamed!

[Roger The Hat]

... I'm ashamed!

Cousin TeaUrn found a distant relative who was sentenced to death for allegedly preferring the company of animals, putting it politely.

The jokes I've had to endure....
   

[littlebootsy]

... I'm ashamed!

Cousin TeaUrn found a distant relative who was sentenced to death for allegedly preferring the company of animals, putting it politely.

The jokes I've had to endure....
   

Haha! That's so funny! Lets hope those 'funny' genes have been filtered out over the years 

[HeatherLynne]

What an interesting thread!  Have you looked at the London Gazette?  I know it's a long way from Pontefract but if you enter Charles Poskitt in the "with the exact phrase" box of advanced search a bankruptcy notice comes up which might be of interest to you.

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search

Do you know whether your Poskitts were woollen drapers?

Heather 

p.s. I also searched for the birth of Sarah Ellen Whittington on FreeBMD from Mar 1879 to Dec 1881 without success but a phonetic search of surnames turns up

Sarah Ellen Whittingham born Pontefract March quarter of 1879 - could this be the poor girl involved?

[littlebootsy]

What an interesting thread!  Have you looked at the London Gazette?  I know it's a long way from Pontefract but if you enter Charles Poskitt in the "with the exact phrase" box of advanced search a bankruptcy notice comes up which might be of interest to you.

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search

Do you know whether your Poskitts were woollen drapers?

Heather 

p.s. I also searched for the birth of Sarah Ellen Whittington on FreeBMD from Mar 1879 to Dec 1881 without success but a phonetic search of surnames turns up

Sarah Ellen Whittingham born Pontefract March quarter of 1879 - could this be the poor girl involved?

Hi Heather

I don't think my Poskitts were woollen drapers, I did a search, the Charles Poskitt who was a woollen draper was born in 1833, married an Ann Jewitt, I think anyway.

They're probably related somehow though I reckon!

I'm still confused at who this Charles William Poskitt person is, I can't find any children for Charles and Ann, I thought that it may be them who had the Charles William that hurt this little girl.

As for that girl, it could well be. She was six when it happened, that would make her 7 by that birth date, but It's still a possibility!

[heywood]

Hello,

as you say, it is difficult because there doesn't seem to be another candidate.

Free BMD has births:
September 1875   
Charles William Poskitt Pontefract vol 9c page 127    
December 1875   
Charles Poskitt Tadcaster vol 9c page 778

1881 has your Charles W living in Tadcaster district (to complicate matters)

The one born in Tadcaster district is possibly this chap:
Charley Poskitt 5 yrs born Allerton Bywater living with mother and stepfather George and Jane Ellis. They are in Dewsbury area in 1881.
1871 has Jane's husband as Thomas Poskitt.
 
William was a collier and it may have been that the name Charles was written for the father's name by mistake.They are also living in Castleford by 1891.

regards
heywood

[Mike in Cumbria]

Of course, although it says he was charged with the offence, it doesn't mean that it ever came to trial, or that he was found guilty.

[onefortheroad]

http://www.poskitts.com/companybackground.html

I think they're related to the Poskitt's painters and decorators of Glebe Lane, Knottingley.