I have just read an old copy of the Mail with an article on finding an ancestor who was deported for stealing a sheep. Apparently if the item stolen was 1 shilling or less, deportation was given instead of hanging! My problem is that,according to an old family story, my gt gt grandfather(the number of greats vary!)was hanged for stealing a sheep to feed his family. No one ever mentioned which side of the family he was from so I would like to check the Warwick/Staffs lines. Can anyone tell me, please, where I would find details of hangings,please? It would be presumably prior to 1837 as I have not turned up any one who died in this manner after that date. My Warwickshire family came from around Atherstone. I realise it may all be fiction but feel compelled to try to find out so I would be really grateful for some advice on this. Thank you Nina Terry Warwicks names: Lycett,Bradford, Smith ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam

Hello Nina If you can give me his name (please don't let it be SMITH) I will search my files- I have a list of people who were given the death penalty in the early 1800s somewhere on my old computer. Cheers Wendy Can anyone tell me, please, where I would find details of hangings,please? It would be presumably prior to 1837 as I have not turned up any one who died in this manner after that date. My Warwickshire family came