© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 11 Jun 2020
Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
Note for Thomas Parris (1819-1884) and son James (1844-1876)
Thomas
Parris
(b.
1819)
has
an
entry
in
the
England
and
Wales
Criminal
Registers
for
Kent,
1841:
Thomas
Parris
age
23;
offence:
carnally
abusing
an
infant.
Date
of
trial
15/3/1841
at
the
County
Assizes,
found
Not
Guilty.
His
son
James
Parris
(b.
1844)
was
convicted
of
the
murder
of
six
year
old
William
Crouch,
whom
he
beat
to
death
with
an
iron
bar
in
a
barn
at
Ryarsh
on
11
June
1876.
He
had
committed
the
crime
in
a
rage
after
the
child's mother had failed to keep an appointment with him.
After
carrying
out
the
murder
he
walked
to
the
local
police
station
and
confessed.
He
was
convicted
at
Maidstone
Assizes
on
10
July
1876
and
sentenced
to
death.
The
sentence
was
carried
out
on
1
August
1876
in
Maidstone
by
William
Marwood
(1818-1883).
Marwood
developed
the
"long
drop"
technique
of
hanging,
which
ensured
that
the
prisoners'
neck
was
broken
instantly
at
the
end
of
the
drop.
This
was
considered
more
humane than the slow death by strangulation caused by the "short drop" method.
James’
crime
was
widely
reported
at
the
time
of
the
inquest
into
William’s
death,
with
the
“Edinburgh
Evening
News”,
“Sheffield
Independent”,
“York
Herald”
and
even
the
“Shipping
and
Mercantile
Gazette”
all
featuring
the
story on 15 June 1876.
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 11 Jun 2020
Note for Thomas Parris (1819-1884) and son James (1844-
1876)
Thomas
Parris
(b.
1819)
has
an
entry
in
the
England
and
Wales
Criminal
Registers
for
Kent,
1841:
Thomas
Parris
age
23;
offence:
carnally
abusing
an
infant.
Date
of
trial
15/3/1841
at
the
County
Assizes, found Not Guilty.
His
son
James
Parris
(b.
1844)
was
convicted
of
the
murder
of
six
year
old
William
Crouch,
whom
he
beat
to
death
with
an
iron
bar
in
a
barn
at
Ryarsh
on
11
June
1876.
He
had
committed
the
crime
in
a
rage
after
the
child's
mother
had
failed
to
keep
an
appointment
with
him.
After
carrying
out
the
murder
he
walked
to
the
local
police
station
and
confessed.
He
was
convicted
at
Maidstone
Assizes
on
10
July
1876
and
sentenced
to
death.
The
sentence
was
carried
out
on
1
August
1876
in
Maidstone
by
William
Marwood
(1818-1883).
Marwood
developed
the
"long
drop"
technique
of
hanging,
which
ensured
that
the
prisoners'
neck
was
broken
instantly
at
the
end
of
the
drop.
This
was
considered
more
humane
than
the
slow
death
by
strangulation caused by the "short drop" method.
James’
crime
was
widely
reported
at
the
time
of
the
inquest
into
William’s
death,
with
the
“Edinburgh
Evening
News”,
“Sheffield
Independent”,
“York
Herald”
and
even
the
“Shipping
and
Mercantile
Gazette” all featuring the story on 15 June 1876.
