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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Jun 2024 09:00

On 15 Oct 1902, the Portsmouth Evening News apparently named him as Charles Joseph Austin (though I'm only looking at a transcription):


A COLOUR-SERGEANT SENT TO GCAL
Charles Joseph Austin, 33. a colour-sergeant in the Hampshire Regiment, was brought up for sentence on charge of stealing letter containing £2l, the property of the commanding officer, Colonel Cyril Godfrey, Aldershot . . .

Published: Wednesday 15 October 1902
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Jun 2024 09:21

1902 court record:

Joseph Charles Austin
in the UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929
Name Joseph Charles Austin
Trial Age 33
Birth Date abt 1869
Trial Date 15 Oct 1902
Trial Place Winchester, Hampshire, England
Occupation Soldier
Charge Stealing
Sentence 2 calendar months

The image of the typed record says he was charged with:
"Stealing a letter containing £21, the property of Charles Godfrey Martyr, at Aldershot on the 18th September 1902, and feloniously receiving, well knowing same to have been stolen."




Cyril Godfrey Martyr
in the UK, British Army Records and Lists, 1882-1962
Name Cyril Godfrey Martyr
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 5 Aug 1860
Military Year Oct 1902
Record Type List


Also some Fold3 records of C G Martyr in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in earlier years, serving in the Sudan and elsewhere.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 1 Jul 2024 21:13

PM sent advising OP of need to monitor thread. OPENED