George Woodcock (c1827 – 1909) (Reg. No. 4279) ‘The Yorkshire Cracksman’
By Irma Walter, 2021. The following newspaper article published in 1855 in England gives a good overview of George Woodcock’s…
Category: Convict Histories
Workhouse Boy Makes Good. James Wynn (alias James Ali) (c1842 – 1915) (Reg. No. 5838)
[Story by Rosalie D Ali, with added information from Irma Walter & Heather Wade, 2021.] Early Life James Wynn’s parentage…
A Daring Robbery Roderick O’Lochlin [O’Lachlan], (Reg. No. 8376) and Arthur Hewitt [Hewett] (Reg. No. 8286)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Two thieves, Arthur Hewitt (aliases Bennett, Groves, George Wallis or Wallace), and Roderick O’Lochlin or O’Lachlan…
Theodore Pennington (c1837 – ?) (Reg. No. 4864)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 15 December 1856 at the Liverpool Boro’ Sessions, Theodore Pennington, a painter, aged 20, was…
The Leighton Buzzard Burglars
By Irma Walter, 2021. This story demonstrates the difficulties involved in researching the lives of some of the professional thieves…
Neil Kelly (1818 – ?) (Reg. No.4785)
By Irma Walter, 2021. On 2 May 1856 at the Perth (Scotland) Circuit Court, Neil Kelly was charged with the…
Joseph Price (c1829 – 1933) (Reg. No. 1839)
By Irma Walter, 2021. When the 1929 Centenary was celebrated in Western Australia, newspapers went looking for the oldest residents…
Henry Moult (c1825 – ?) (Reg. No. 1910)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Henry Moult, aged 24, private in the 17th Regiment, was found guilty of larceny as a…
William James Fairleigh/Fairley (1823 – 1899) (Reg. No. 3847)
By Irma Walter, 2021. No details have been found regarding William Fairleigh’s background prior to his arrest in 1853 at…
The Great Cornhill Jewellery Robbery
By Irma Walter, 2021. In 1865 several burglaries took place in London which excited the interest of the general public…