Poaching and Petty Thieving in St Albans

A Talk by Chris Reynolds

The Stratton Family

and I've got him on the list ... Joseph Stratton

The following list of convictions against the prisoners was read:–

Joseph Stratton – 1850, stealing turnips; 1852, stealing wood; 1853, game trespass; 1855 stealing cherries; 1855, stealing turnips; 1856, stealing turnip tops; 1857, game trespass; 1858, using a gun; 1858, using a snare; 1859, using a snare; 1860, stealing turnips; 1861, poaching; 1862, poaching; 1863, poaching; 1864, poaching; 1870, poaching for fish; 1872, poaching for fish; 1865, Bedford Assizes (5 years penal servitude)

Herts Advertiser 17th September 1873

 

See also Theft of Potatoes at St Albans