Maria Dack

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Margaret Weston on 21st August 2022

Edmund Butterworth was a convict was sentenced 1832 at Lancaster and came out on the Lotus arriving 16 May 1833.

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Margaret Weston on 21st August 2022

1843 A Calendar – of the Prisoners in Custody, in Wymondham Prison for Trial at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at the Castle of Norwich, in the Shire-House there, on Wednesday, the 28th day of June, 1843. 1. Maria Dack, aged 19, Committed April 8th, 1843, by J. Scott, Esq. charged on the oath of William Porter, of Swanton Morley, Higgler, with feloniously stealing from his person, one sovereign, three half-crowns and other money, his property. Norwich Chronicle 1844 Amos Hull, aged 37 was indicted for having received with a guilty knowledge five permissory notes for £5 each, which had been stolen from Benjamin Bowles by two women, named Thompson and Dack, who were convicted of the offence at a former Assize. Mr Prendergast Prosecuted. Benjamin Bowles—I am a farmer at Tuttington; on Tuesday evening 3rd October, I went to Aylsham; I had ten £10 notes of Compeman’s bank, a sovereign, and some silver; in the evening I was robbed of them; the two persons who robbed me were tried at the Norwich Quarter Sessions; they were the same women who robbed me; I went into the yard of the Star at half-past seven o’clock; I had been drinking at the Star, but was sober; I was in the gig-house when the women came to me: I had two small glasses of brandy and water: I was at home till two or three o’clock in the afternoon; they came up to me and asked me to go for a walk; I had the money when I left the bar, and when I returned I missed it; the whole of the transaction did not occupy more than a minute; I did not know the number of the notes; the money was lost in the gig-house; I knew nothing of the girls; I have heard their Christian names. The Clerk of arraigns read the indictments found against the women Thompson and Dack at the October Quarter Sessions. Police Constable (88N.) - The persons who were in the gig-house were the same who were convicted at the last October Quarter Sessions. Mary Haggett—I am the wife of James; on the 3rd of last October I went to Aylsham sessions; I rode in Hull’s horse and cart; it was evening when I got there; I went with a party, and returned in Hull’s cart; Maria Dack asked Hull whether Mary Ann Thompson might ride with him; he replied she might; I gave evidence at the last trial; Mary Ann Thompson said when she got into the cart, in the presence of Hull, that she had robbed a man of some money, and asked Hul whether he would exchange some of the notes; he replied he would, as he was going to Yarmouth the next day; I returned to Norwich and slept with Hull; Maria Dack rode home from Aylsham in the same cart with us; there was nothing said as to where we were to go next day; we went to Yarmouth next day; Hull, Tiches, Dack, and another went with us; Mary Ann Thompson showed me five £10 notes of Compan’s bank; after we get into the cart she gave them to me to see if there was any writing on them: I don’t remember what I said; I gave them to her and she gave them to Hull, who said he would go to his mother at Ormesby, to change them; we went to the Royal Oak; Hull said he was going to his mother’s; he afterwards joined us on the road, and said his mother had gone to Yarmouth; when he got there he went to look for his mother; he returned and said he had got the notes all changed; I was taken up the evening after we returned; when Hull was apprehended he gave her £5. 16s to take care of; a policeman was present, but I cannot say whether they saw it; Hull had a great many sovereigns, I can’t tell how many. Cross-examined—I have left Norwich four or five months; I knew the notes were Copeman’s; I could read enough for that; I have never slept with Hull since, or don’t want; he got me into trouble by giving me the five pounds; I am a married woman, and was so when I slept with Hull. There was no true bill found against him. By the Court—Maria Dack did not say anything to the prisoner about it. Thomas Riches—I kept a house at St Michael’s Coslany; I remember the party coming to my house for lodgings; they slept at my house; two of the women, Dack and Thompson, wanted me to go to Yarmouth; I said I did not wish to go; they said I would have nothing to pay; after we had gone some way, Mary Ann Thompson took from her pocket five or six 10/- notes of Copeman’s Bank; Thompson gave the notes to Haggett, who returned them to Thompson to give them to Hull; she said “you may as well take them to Mr Hull”. Mr Tozer defended the prisoner, and the Learned Judge having summed up the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty: and the Court sentenced the prisoner to 12 month’s imprisonment with hard labour. Spouse name Edmund Butterworth Surname of spouse Butterworth Forename of spouse Edmund Spouse is convict? yes spouseShip Lotus spouseArrYr 1833 Date of marriage 22 September, 1846 (exactly this date) Place of marriage Hobart Tas Edmund came Free.

1843 A Calendar – of the Prisoners in Custody, in Wymondham Prison for Trial at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at the Castle of Norwich, in the Shire-House there, on Wednesday, the 28th day of June, 1843. 1. Maria Dack, aged 19, Committed April 8th, 1843, by J. Scott, Esq. charged on the oath of William Porter, of Swanton Morley, Higgler, with feloniously stealing from his person, one sovereign, three half-crowns and other money, his property. Norwich Chronicle 1844 Amos Hull, aged 37 was indicted for having received with a guilty knowledge five permissory notes for £5 each, which had been stolen from Benjamin Bowles by two women, named Thompson and Dack, who were convicted of the offence at a former Assize. Mr Prendergast Prosecuted. Benjamin Bowles—I am a farmer at Tuttington; on Tuesday evening 3rd October, I went to Aylsham; I had ten £10 notes of Compeman’s bank, a sovereign, and some silver; in the evening I was robbed of them; the two persons who robbed me were tried at the Norwich Quarter Sessions; they were the same women who robbed me; I went into the yard of the Star at half-past seven o’clock; I had been drinking at the Star, but was sober; I was in the gig-house when the women came to me: I had two small glasses of brandy and water: I was at home till two or three o’clock in the afternoon; they came up to me and asked me to go for a walk; I had the money when I left the bar, and when I returned I missed it; the whole of the transaction did not occupy more than a minute; I did not know the number of the notes; the money was lost in the gig-house; I knew nothing of the girls; I have heard their Christian names. The Clerk of arraigns read the indictments found against the women Thompson and Dack at the October Quarter Sessions. Police Constable (88N.) - The persons who were in the gig-house were the same who were convicted at the last October Quarter Sessions. Mary Haggett—I am the wife of James; on the 3rd of last October I went to Aylsham sessions; I rode in Hull’s horse and cart; it was evening when I got there; I went with a party, and returned in Hull’s cart; Maria Dack asked Hull whether Mary Ann Thompson might ride with him; he replied she might; I gave evidence at the last trial; Mary Ann Thompson said when she got into the cart, in the presence of Hull, that she had robbed a man of some money, and asked Hul whether he would exchange some of the notes; he replied he would, as he was going to Yarmouth the next day; I returned to Norwich and slept with Hull; Maria Dack rode home from Aylsham in the same cart with us; there was nothing said as to where we were to go next day; we went to Yarmouth next day; Hull, Tiches, Dack, and another went with us; Mary Ann Thompson showed me five £10 notes of Compan’s bank; after we get into the cart she gave them to me to see if there was any writing on them: I don’t remember what I said; I gave them to her and she gave them to Hull, who said he would go to his mother at Ormesby, to change them; we went to the Royal Oak; Hull said he was going to his mother’s; he afterwards joined us on the road, and said his mother had gone to Yarmouth; when he got there he went to look for his mother; he returned and said he had got the notes all changed; I was taken up the evening after we returned; when Hull was apprehended he gave her £5. 16s to take care of; a policeman was present, but I cannot say whether they saw it; Hull had a great many sovereigns, I can’t tell how many. Cross-examined—I have left Norwich four or five months; I knew the notes were Copeman’s; I could read enough for that; I have never slept with Hull since, or don’t want; he got me into trouble by giving me the five pounds; I am a married woman, and was so when I slept with Hull. There was no true bill found against him. By the Court—Maria Dack did not say anything to the prisoner about it. Thomas Riches—I kept a house at St Michael’s Coslany; I remember the party coming to my house for lodgings; they slept at my house; two of the women, Dack and Thompson, wanted me to go to Yarmouth; I said I did not wish to go; they said I would have nothing to pay; after we had gone some way, Mary Ann Thompson took from her pocket five or six 10/- notes of Copeman’s Bank; Thompson gave the notes to Haggett, who returned them to Thompson to give them to Hull; she said “you may as well take them to Mr Hull”. Mr Tozer defended the prisoner, and the Learned Judge having summed up the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty: and the Court sentenced the prisoner to 12 month’s imprisonment with hard labour. Spouse name Edmund Butterworth Surname of spouse Butterworth Forename of spouse Edmund Spouse is convict? yes spouseShip Lotus spouseArrYr 1833 Date of marriage 22 September, 1846 (exactly this date) Place of marriage Hobart Tas Edmund came Free.

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Carol Peck on 11th September 2015

born in Hevingham Norfolk England to Charles and Ann Dack