Mary Drew, Prisoner At Usk Gaol 1872

G.R.O. catalogue number: QCG 39

Prison number: 37

Date: September 14 1872

Name: Mary Drew

Age (on discharge): 45 years

Where born: Cork Ireland

Married or single: married

Trade or occupation: charwoman

Address at time of apprehension: 21 Cross Street Newport

Offence for which convicted: Stealing 28 lbs coal

Sentence: 6 calendar months hard labour

Previous convictions: March 12 1869. Stealing coal. 3 calendar months hard labour. Newport Petty Sessions. Conviction proved.

Names of police officers, prison warders, or others who can identify and prove convictions: Mr WH Bosworth, Governor County Prison Usk

Any other particulars as to antecedents, associates, &c: Her husband Michael Drew was convicted at Monmouth Assizes March 27 1867 for housebreaking and sentenced to 7 years Penal Servitude

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