Death sentence of Mary Axhorn 1815

[Treefan]

I am presently looking into the Axhorn family of Devon & in searching on the internet I came across a site which listed folk who had committed crimes who were sentenced to death. Amongst these entries was a Mary Axhorn who was sentenced in Lent 1815 in Devon.
The website allows you to make contact so that you can learn more from old newspaper records but sadly, in this case no newspaper records could be found.
I wondered if anyone else may know of Mary Axhorn so that I could learn what her crime was. If anyone knows of any details relating to this crime or of any other Axhorn folk too I would love to know please.
With Many Thanks.

[Milliepede]

The writing on the register page is really faint but I believe it says arson alongside her name.

[GrahamSimons]

Try here for advice:

http://www.devon.gov.uk/contrast/index/community/the_county/record_office/record_offices_in_devon/guide_sources/crime.htm

From my reading of this, the Exeter Gaol records are missing for 1815 ('twas ever thus), but I have found the Crown Minute Books for the period at the National Archives, reference ASSI 21/30. The Books are not online, you'd need to visit in person or get someone to visit for you.

[..claire..]

Hi

Found this on another site

1815 06Apr Axhorn Margaret - arson at Woodbury  Devon Assizes.

http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/news/TAUN1815.HTM


claire

[Treefan]

Wow!  Thank you all for your very kind help which is very much appreciated.

[ringwarrior]

Have you tried the National Newspaper Archives? You should find reports of the trial. I would look up but my subscripion has expired. You can pay £6 for 48 hrs access, a great resource.

[Treefan]

ringwarrior, I have tried to do that but unfortunately I didn't find any results.
Thank you anyway.

[JaneyCanuck]

Have you had a look at online trees (e.g. at Ancestry, just for a giggle)?

There are a few that have a Mary Axhorn born in Tiverton 1786, with parents, but no other info.

There are also some that show a Mary Ann Axhorn born 1811 and residing in England for several censuses and then inexplicably dying in Sydney NSW (where I see no record of the 1900 death). Her mother is shown variously as Mary Bettison (who would be Mary Axhorn by marriage) and Elizabeth Bettison. It's the usual dog's breakfast found in Ancestry trees. In 1841 the father, Isaac Axhorn, is in Tiverton with wife Elizabeth; the name has been corrected by an Ancestry user.

All those people might be worth contacting to see whether one of these is the Mary Axhorn in question. Of course, you might be one of those people.

I had just wondered, since not all death sentences were executed and many people were transported instead, whether that angle might be worth looking at. You didn't mention your connection with this Mary, so not sure what you might already know about Axhorns etc.

[Treefan]

Janey, many thanks for your message. The Axhorn's are distantly related to me through marriage way back in time but I have been looking into them in more detail of late as I have been helping someone who is an Axhorn themselves.
Regarding the death sentence.....    I found the information on the Ancestry site which lists the entry under the name of Mary Axhorn. The image of the actual entry is very faded & is quite hard to read but on closer investigation I believe that the entry may actually have been Margaret Axhorn & not Mary after all. I think that the name was recorded as Marg Axhorn as an abbreviation  of Margaret although I may be wrong.
As to the Ancestry trees  ~  no, one of them doesn't belong to me.  I'm not a member of that site myself so don't generally have access to view that information. I tend to use the computers at our local library where you can use the Ancestry Library Edition free of charge but I don't believe that the trees are available on there.
Thanks again.