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Is there anyone who can help me with this register? Do you have access to look something up for me?
Deborah

If you mean the one on Ancestry, a lot of us have access. If there is one on FMP (don't subscribe so wouldn't know) there are probably people who can help with that as well.

Copy and paste what you can see, or what you are looking for in a Post,- not by PM as they will be long gone - and someone will look it up and give the details from the image.

William Hemmings age 60
Date of trial summer 1834, Wiltshire ENG

I would like any details please.

Also Edward Hemmings seaman, prisoner in following.
Name: Edward Hemmings
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Prisoner
Gender: Male
Where born: Bath, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Bodmin
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England

Street Address: "H M Prison" Bodmin
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Seaman R. N.

Registration district: Bodmin
Sub-registration district: Bodmin
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2292
Folio: 22
Page Number: 38

William Hemmings
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1774
Date of Trial: Summer 1834
Trial Year: 1834
Location of Trial: Wiltshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment

12 months for assult

Thanks, anything on who he assaulted on any explanation at all?

By the by,
What does PM mean :
"not by PM as they will be long gone - and someone will look it up and give the details from the image. "
Thanks,
Deborah

No, sorry - the info is very sparse on the books - they are only summaries. You may find a newspaper account of the trial.

Can't find anything that seems right for Edward. As the census you have given in 1881, the crime must have been before that. The closest is

Edward Hemming
Date of Trial: 6 Jan 1880
Trial Year: 1880
Location of Trial: Wiltshire, England
Sentence: Imprisonment 6 monhs - larceny - before convicted a felony. No age or occupation given.

Someone else may find him though!

PM = personal message.

Some posters seem 'ashamed' of the antics of their Ancestors, and choose to ask for assistance off board. Unfortunately, that limits the assistance to the skill of the helper, and everyone will acknowledge that there is always someone 'better' than them, or has experience in a certain type of search!!

In your case, the relative is well and truly deceased, so no harm would be done to the living.

There is an article in the Hampshire Advertiser and Salisbury Guardian 5 July 1834 which says: " Committed to Fisherton Gaol, William Hemmings charged with having assaulted Ann Crook, at Melksham."

Maybe this is him. Cannot find anything for Edward Hemmings.

Thanks to all, can't confirm anything...

Still looking for information on Edward....

Edward Hemmings seaman, prisoner in following.
Name: Edward Hemmings
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Prisoner
Gender: Male
Where born: Bath, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Bodmin
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England

Street Address: "H M Prison" Bodmin
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Seaman R. N.

Registration district: Bodmin
Sub-registration district: Bodmin
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2292
Folio: 22
Page Number: 38

It states he is in the Royal navy, and that he is a prisoner, where can I find this info?
Deborah

Hi Deborah,

I believ you can contact the trustees of Bodmin Prison. It is a tourist site now, but they have access to old records. It was used a military prison for the navy for a time so the fact that Edward was a seaman would make sense.

Best of luck with this..

There are several Edward Hemming born 1858 in the Bath area but this may be him. You would need to give more details to confirm it .

1871 census - household transcription
Person: HEMMINGS, Edward
Address: Orange Grove Police Station, St Peter & Paul, Bath
HULBERT, Sarah Prisoner F 14 1857 Somerset
HEMMINGS, Edward Prisoner M 13 1858 Somerset
CARPENTER, Thomas Prisoner M 50 1821 Somerset
CARPENTER, Martha Prisoner F 49 1822 Somerset

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 about Edward Hemmings
Name: Edward Hemmings
Date of Trial: 2 Jul 1878
Trial Year: 1878
Location of Trial: Wiltshire, England
Sentence: Acquittal

Some history of the jail and conditions there.


http://jackiefreemanphotography.com/bodmin_jail.htm

Thanks all, how do I close this thread?
Deborah

Thanks, I will leave it then.

Or you could return when/if you find out the information that you were after and 'complete' the picture :-)

Lots of people like to see how thinks work out :-)