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Gloucester Gaol Records
| Date of admission | No | Name | Age | Parish | By whom committed | Crime | Marks, Stature etc | When tried and event of trial | When discharged | How behaved |
| January 16, 1819 | 140 | George Comely | 19 | Broad Somerford, Wilts | James Agg Esq | Charged on the oath of Joseph Stevens, servant to William Humphris Barrett on suspicion of having on the 15th day of January instant feloniously stolen take and carried away from a bread barrow in the parish of Cheltenham three half quarter loaves and a threepenny loaf the property of the said Wm Humphris Barrett. | Light
brown hair dark eyes fresh complexion long face large nose wide mouth two
scars on the back of left hand a small scar at the bottom of his back two
moles on his throat sevl moles abt his breast - read and write Labourer Height 5-3 |
Lent
Assizes March 31 1819 Four calr months in Penitentiary |
Removed
3rd April 1819 See penitentiary register |
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| March 8, 1828 | 187 | John Comely | 37 | Kingswood, Wilts | George Cooke DD | Charged on the oaths of John Blatchley and Daniel Fowler with having feloniously stolen taken and carried away three quarters of a pound weight of woolen Abb the property of Saml Long and William Long clothiers out of a mill belong to the sd Samuel Long and William Long at Charfield on the seventh day of March last past | Dark
hair turning grey dark eye brows and whiskers hazel eyes pale complexion
thin face a scar on his right cheek lost his lower front teeth a mole on
his throat not read Weaver Height 5'1" |
Lent
Assizes April 2nd 1828 Six cal months in Penity |
Removed 5 April 1828 See penitentiary records |
Orderly |
| March 3rd 1832 | 295 | Thomas Comley | 32 | Old Sodbury | Wm
Joyner Ellis Esq Coroner |
Charged with killing and slaying William Croome | Dark
brown hair grey eye fair complexion broad face a mole on the right side
his mouth a scar on his forehead mole ?? Side his neck six moles and a scar
on his right arm five moles on left arm scar on left knee large scar near
the calf of left leg several brown marks on his shoulders very stout made
- not read nor write Labourer Height 5-9ó |
Lent
Assizes March 28 1832 Not Guilty |
3rd April 1832 | Orderly |
| 8th December 1834 | 139 | George Comley | 43 | North Nibley | P. B. Purnell Esq | Charged on the oaths of George Dangerfield and others with knowingly and feloniously receiving part of two ends of cloth well knowing the same to be stolen at North Nibley on the 10th September last the property of the said George Dangerfield | Grey
hair grey eyes fresh complexion large nose long face mole on the right arm
a mole on the thigh two moles on his hip scar on the right thighseveral
small moles on the back of the neck - Read and write Cloth Dresser Height 5-5« |
Epiphany
sessions January 6th 1835 Not Guilty |
10th January 1835 | Orderly |
| 8th December 1834 | 140 | Robert Comley | 18 | North Nibley | P. B. Purnell Esq |
Ditto
|
Dark
brown hair dark brown eyes fair complexion long face several small moles
on the right arm the first finger on the left hand crooked large scar on
the left thigh - Read and write Cloth Dresser Height 5-4« |
Epiphany
sessions January 6th 1835 Four calr months the last month in solitude |
Removed 10th January 1835 |
Orderly |
| 1st January 1841 | 196 | William Comley | 27 | Charfield | M
F J Stephens Clerk |
Charged on Oath for suspicion of felony in stealing a wether sheep at Tytherington the property of John Sainsbury | Black
hair brown eyes fresh complexionthree moles on the chest and a mole on the
right arm above the elbow Labourer 5-4« |
Lent
Assizes March 31st 1841 Eighteen calendar months two weeks thereof in solitude Penitentiary |
April 5th 1841 | Orderly |
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Name
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Late
residence and trade if any
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of commitment
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whom committed
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By what court to be tried | By what court tried and when |
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of trial
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Sentence
passed
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mem.
of Expiration of term
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discharged or removed
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what authority
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Religious
persuasion
Previously known character habits and connexions |
Convicted
before and how oftem
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| 1876 Jany 3 | 8202 | William
Comely Imp(?) |
Thornbury Labourer |
59
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5-4
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dk
bro |
bro
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oval
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fresh
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See
Aug 31 1875
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Stealing at Alveston on the 29 of August 1875 one shirt and one pair of stockings the property of Mark Gaulter(?) and three stockings the property of Elizabeth Grace Gaulter | H. J. Fust Junr esq |
yes
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Jany
5 1876
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Pleaded
guilty
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Six
months hard labour
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1876
July 4
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1876
July 4
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Term
expired
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Church Widower ??? Nat: Purton Stoke, Wilts known to PG Arthur(?) 13 years has been here for stealing etc - son Chas Comley Gloucester Road,, Thornbury Glos |
2
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| 1876 Jany 3 | 8203 | Mary
Comely R |
Thornbury servant |
20 | 5-2 | dk bro |
bro | oval | ruddy | Long scar on left wrist, a mole in front of neck, ear pierced | Feloniously receiving and harbouring William Comely well knowing the above said felony to have been committed by him | H. J. Fust Junr esq | yes | No Bill | Church single. Nat: Thornbury known to PG Arthur(?) 13 years - nothing else agst her - sister Ellen Comley Bath Road, Thornbury, Glos |
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Bristol Gaols
A Calendar of all the prisoners committed to the House
of Correction in the Parish of Ss Philip and Jacob in the County of Gloucester(shire?)
Octo 2th 1753 to Jan the 15th 1754
Dec 22nd
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