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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
Criminal record for Herman Witpen (1825-1905)
On
14/4/1846,
at
the
County
Sessions
held
in
Clerkenwell,
London,
Herman
was
found
guilty
of
larceny
i.e.
theft. He was sentenced to 10 days’ imprisonment. No further details are known.
But
worse
was
to
come.
On
15/6/1846,
in
a
trial
at
the
Central
Criminal
Court,
Old
Bailey,
Herman
was
again
convicted
of
larceny
after
stealing
from
his
father.
He
was
sentenced
to
9
months’
imprisonment,
which
he
served in the notorious
Newgate prison
. The Old Bailey archive has the following summary of the trial:
“1312.
HERMAN
WHITPAN
[sic]
was
indicted
for
stealing
2
yards
of
satin,
value
8s.
[worth
about
£47
today]
;
the
goods of Herman Whitpan; and that he had before been convicted of felony.
Elizabeth
Whitpan.
I
am
the
wife
of
Herman
Whitpan,
and
live
in
Dorset-street,
Spitalfields.
I
am
a
warper
-
the
prisoner
is
my
son
-
I
missed
two
yards
of
satin
from
my
box
on
the
5th
of
May
-
this
is
it
-
I
have
no
doubt
about it.
George West. I am a pawnbroker - this satin was pawned by the prisoner on the 5th of May.
William
Gale
(police-constable
H
163).
I
took
the
prisoner
-
he
gave
me
the
duplicate
of
this
satin
-
I
produce
the
certificate
of
his
former
conviction
at
Clerkenwell
-
(read
-
Convicted
on
the
14th
day
of
April,
1846,
and
confined ten days) - he is the person.
GUILTY. Age 19. Confined Nine Months.”
Sources. England & Wales Criminal Registers 1791-1892; Newgate Prison, London, Calendar of Prisoners 1785-1853.
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 5 Jun 2020
Criminal record for Herman Witpen (1825-1905)
On
14/4/1846,
at
the
County
Sessions
held
in
Clerkenwell,
London,
Herman
was
found
guilty
of
larceny
i.e.
theft.
He
was
sentenced
to
10 days’ imprisonment. No further details are known.
But
worse
was
to
come.
On
15/6/1846,
in
a
trial
at
the
Central
Criminal
Court,
Old
Bailey,
Herman
was
again
convicted
of
larceny
after
stealing
from
his
father.
He
was
sentenced
to
9
months’
imprisonment,
which
he
served
in
the
notorious
Newgate
prison
.
The Old Bailey archive has the following summary of the trial:
“1312.
HERMAN
WHITPAN
[sic]
was
indicted
for
stealing
2
yards
of
satin,
value
8s.
[worth
about
£47
today]
;
the
goods
of
Herman
Whitpan; and that he had before been convicted of felony.
Elizabeth
Whitpan.
I
am
the
wife
of
Herman
Whitpan,
and
live
in
Dorset-street,
Spitalfields.
I
am
a
warper
-
the
prisoner
is
my
son
-
I
missed
two
yards
of
satin
from
my
box
on
the
5th
of
May
-
this
is
it
-
I have no doubt about it.
George
West.
I
am
a
pawnbroker
-
this
satin
was
pawned
by
the
prisoner on the 5th of May.
William
Gale
(police-constable
H
163).
I
took
the
prisoner
-
he
gave
me
the
duplicate
of
this
satin
-
I
produce
the
certificate
of
his
former
conviction
at
Clerkenwell
-
(read
-
Convicted
on
the
14th
day
of
April,
1846, and confined ten days) - he is the person.
GUILTY. Age 19. Confined Nine Months.”
Sources.
England
&
Wales
Criminal
Registers
1791-1892;
Newgate
Prison, London, Calendar of Prisoners 1785-1853.
