According to my gg grandfather military records, he served about six months (1826) in the Leicester Prison for the reason stated below. Has anyone come across this law/rule before? Why would someone deny being in the Militia? My only thought is that perhaps he tried to collect money from both. * ANY man who is enrolled in the Militia, and who upon offering to enlist into the Army, denies that he belongs to the Militia, is liable, upon Conviction before a Magistrate, to be committed to Prison for Six Months, over and above any other Penalty or Punishment which he was thereby incur for obtaining Money on false pretences. Janice Cassani USA _________________________________________________________________ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews

My understanding is that the Militia was like the present day Territorial Army and was localised either by geography e.g. Warwick (town) or or run by the local aristrocrat - e.g. Lord Lichfield. In the days when men were pressganged into the Forces (to take the King's shilling), it may be that Militia men were protected ?Sue Hope > From: jlcassani@hotmail.com> To: leicestershire-plus-l@rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:46:31 -0400> Subject: [LEI] Leicestershire Militia> > > According to my gg grandfather military records, he served about six months (1826) in the Leicester Prison for the reason stated below. Has anyone come across this law/rule before?> Why would someone deny being in the Militia? My only thought is that perhaps he tried to collect money from both.> > * ANY man who is enrolled in the Militia, and who upon offering to enlist into the Army, denies that he belongs to the Militia, is liable, upon Conviction before a Magistrate, to be committed to Prison for Six Months, over and above any other Penalty or Punishment which he was thereby incur for obtaining Money on false pretences.> > Janice Cassani> USA> _________________________________________________________________> Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare!> http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Feel like a local wherever you go. http://www.backofmyhand.com