I have an "interesting" ancestor who was taken to court in early 1857 for apparently stealing some fabric that was delivered to her address in error. She was well known to the judge at the time so obviously had done other illegal things in the past. The Liverpool Mercury shows the article about this on Feb.2, 1857 and ends with "there must be a verdict for the plaintiff with immediate execution". What I'm wondering is if the story was followed up? Is there another article after this showing the outcome? Does someone have access to the local papers from Feb-1857 onwards for that year? Any help appreciated. Sandra _________________________________________________________________ New! Get to Messenger faster: Sign-in here now! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677407

HI Sandra I think you have the result already. This sounds like a civil case rather than a criminal prosecution. 'Verdict for the plaintiff' (I presume the true owner of the fabric) is the result and the order of the court is 'immediate execution' ie the fabric in question is delivered to the plaintiff. End of story. 2009/9/22 sandra moffatt <smoffatt2009@hotmail.com>: > > I have an "interesting" ancestor who was taken to court in early 1857 for apparently stealing some fabric that was delivered to her address in error. She was well known to the judge at the time so obviously had done other illegal things in the past. > >

Thanks.. > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:23:05 +1000 > From: paynescrossing@gmail.com > To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Mary MacDonald court case 1857....outcome? > > HI Sandra > > I think you have the result already. This sounds like a civil case > rather than a criminal prosecution. 'Verdict for the plaintiff' (I > presume the true owner of the fabric) is the result and the order of > the court is 'immediate execution' ie the fabric in question is > delivered to the plaintiff. > > End of story. > > > 2009/9/22 sandra moffatt <smoffatt2009@hotmail.com>: > > > > I have an "interesting" ancestor who was taken to court in early 1857 for apparently stealing some fabric that was delivered to her address in error. She was well known to the judge at the time so obviously had done other illegal things in the past. > > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ New! Get to Messenger faster: Sign-in here now! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677407