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03-09-15, 12:03
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James Shepherd B:1807 Yorkshire, England
Hi All,
I hope I'm requesting in the right area of the forum?  Can you help? I need assistance tracking down a James Shepherd born in 1807 ±2 years in Yorkshire. He was convicted in 1833 at Lancaster and transported to paradise in 1834 for the term of 14 years aboard the "Hive". His crime was noted as Breaking into a warehouse and stealing. The two things I'm keen to know are his parents/relations and court proceedings. I'm hope somebody who is used to the English search and closer to available records is able to help. Thank you in advance. Regards, Jim Last edited by Smooth; 03-09-15 at 12:05. 
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03-09-15, 12:57
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Welcome to the forum, Jim.
It may not be that easy to go straight to a baptism for James Shepherd in Yorkshire as it's quite a common name and can be spelled several different ways. I presume you don't have any further clues such as a specific birth place and/or parents names from a marriage or death cert etc? Ancestry has this entry in the England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892: Quote:
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03-09-15, 12:57
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Oh, I forgot to say; I'm just moving this thread to our main research board, as more will probably see it there!
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03-09-15, 13:18
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There is also this record in the Prison Hulk Registers:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/19...nSearchResults Preston No 4912 Jas Shepherd, age 27, Stg 50 Pieces & 20 yds(?) Cotton, convicted Preston 16 Octo 1833, sentence 14 years, NSW 8 Jan 34.
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03-09-15, 13:24
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Here are some records in the Lancashire Quarter Session Records and Petitions, Preston October Session 1833:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/68...=4424745_00686 Prosecutor's Bill The King on the Prosecution of Thomas Thornber and Nicholas England against James Shepherd for felony. And the next page is "The King on the Prosecution of William Smith against James Shepherd for felony."
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03-09-15, 14:10
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Is he the James Sheppard who married Phoebe McQuoin in 1845, and if so, is there any extra information on their marriage record?
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03-09-15, 14:16
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Preston Chronicle 19 Oct 1833
James Shephard, 27, was indicted upon a bench warrant for breaking the house of Thomas Thornber and Nicholas England, on the 7th of October, 1831, and stealing therefrom fifty pieces and twenty yards of calico cloth, their property. Several depredations of this sort took place at about the same time in the same neighbourhood (Colne) and a number of the parties who took the goods, as well as others who received them were tried and transported in the April Sessions of 1832. The prisoner had kept out of the way until recently. There were two indictments against him of a similar nature, and it was proved that some of the pieces stolen were amongst goods which he had employed a man (now a witness) to sell at a price much under their real value. He was found guilty on both indictments, and the sentence of the Court was that he should be transported for the term of his natural life.
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03-09-15, 14:23
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This is the Lancashire Quarter Sessions Records and Petitions entry for the original trial in Apr 1832:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/68...nSearchResults Preston April Session 1832 Prosecutor's Bill The King on the Prosecution of Thomas Thornber and Nicholas England against Henry Wadsworth, James Shepherd and James Barker for felony.
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03-09-15, 14:26
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Criminal Registers entry for Henry Wadsworth and James Barker:
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/15...nSearchResults Both got 14 years, Henry for breaking and entering a warehouse and stealing, James for receiving stolen goods. The next person listed is Thomas Greenwood, also for receiving stolen goods, with "Admitted Evidence" in the "Acquittals" column, so I am guessing he is the person mentioned in the newspaper report as "now a witness".
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03-09-15, 14:32
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If you have access to Findmypast, this link will take you to the newspaper report on the trial of Henry Wadsworth and James Barker, a bit too long for me to type out just now:
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/v...18320407%2f008 (Preston Chronicle, Apr 7 1832, page 3). It will also be on the British Newspaper Archive website. There is no mention of James Shepherd in this report.
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