Thomas Palmer, Prisoner At Usk Gaol 1876

G.R.O. catalogue number: QCG 40

Prison number: 145

Date: October 3 1876

Name: Thomas Palmer

Residence: Stow Hill Newport

Age: 29

Where born: Newport

Married or single: Single (orphan)

Trade or occupation: Mason

Read or write: Well

Religion: Church of England

Place and date of conviction: Usk Quarter Sessions, 18 October 1876. (Commited at Newport. 2nd October 1876 for Sessions)

Offence for which convicted: Stealing money

Sentence: 10 years penal servitude and 7 years police supervision

Date to be liberated: Removed to Pentonville

Intended residence after liberation:

Previous convictions: Nineteen 57S 6/2/71

Escaped from custody at the Sessions House about 5pm 18/10/76

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