PLEASE HELP!!!

[lottietottie07]

My great grandfather ARMINE ROBERT MOUNTAIN born 1868 in norfolk, in 1891 he was a convict in Portsea Hampshire Prison.

Is there anyway you can find out what they did and how long they were in prison for?

charlotte

[Jan1954]

You may find this previous thread of some use


http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12395&highlight=portsea+prison

[Geoffers]

The National Archives (TNA) has loads of research guides, including this length one on convicts (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=253)

Some convictions and licences are individually indexed in TNA's catalogue (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp), so it is always worth a search just on the off chance. In the word or phrase field just enter a surname, in the department or series code enter PCOM.

A separate series of records are also indexed and can be found by substituting the department or series code with CRIM.

Note - For anyone idly browsing this thread, you can also find some earlier convictions from the 18th century on the catalogue by enter HO47 in the department or series code.

[rattyslane]

I too am trying to locate details of a 'Black Sheep's' trial and would like to get a transcript of the trial itself - can anyone point me at a way of obtaining it.

The trial was held in the nineteenth century at Taunton.

[Peter Goodey]

I too am trying to locate details of a 'Black Sheep's' trial and would like to get a transcript of the trial itself - can anyone point me at a way of obtaining it.

The trial was held in the nineteenth century at Taunton.

See the previous message and
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=120