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Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	7 Dec 2006 21:43
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	Can anyone help please, my great grand uncle was a convict in Wormwood Scrubs Prison on the 1881 census, is there any way I can find details about his conviction and the length of his prison term. Thank you Jacqueline
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 3,355 Send Message	Glen In Tinsel Knickers	Report	7 Dec 2006 21:54
	Try the national archives website or a2a website. Put his name in the search box and see what results you get under 'law and order' or 'petty sessions'. Glen
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	9 Dec 2006 22:55
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 5 Send Message	Thanks Glen, I will try this Regards, Jacqueline
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,219 Send Message	Sue in Somerset	Report	10 Dec 2006 00:29
	If you know where he was living before he was in prison then you could try the local Records Office to ask if they know about newspaper reports and prison records. Gloucestershire Records Office sent me my 3x great grandfather's prison record and (because he'd been from Somerset) his newspaper reports were in the big library in Taunton. Good luck with yours....they make fascinating reading with lots of information. Sue