Sarah Ann Gladwin

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Tasmanian Conduct Record, https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-23$init=CON41-1-23P59 See record for full details. 507. Sarah Ann Gladwin. Married George Riley. T of L 17/10/1854. Approved C.P. 22/7/1856.

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Maureen Withey on 13th October 2023

The following report is that of her previous trial a the Old Bailey, mentioned in the newspaper report above. Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 October 2023), July 1847, trial of MARY ANN TAYLOR (t18470705-1671). MARY ANN TAYLOR, Theft > housebreaking, 5th July 1847. 1671. MARY ANN TAYLOR was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Henry GrevilleWilliam Henry Greville, at St. George, Hanover sqaure, and stealing therein 1 bottle-jack, value 8s.; 2 candlesticks, 8s.; 1 box, 3l.; and 1 pencil-case, 3l., the goods of William Henry Greville; and 1 shawl, 1l.; and 15 yards of calico, 7s., the goods of Joseph Dyer Jefferies. MR. METCALFE conducted the Prosecution. CHARLOTTE JEFFERIES. I am housekeeper to Mr. William Henry Greville, of No. 2, Herbert-place, Eaton-square, Pimlico—it is his dwelling-house—I came into his service on the 28th of Nov. last—I succeeded the prisoner, who was in the same capacity—I have never seen her but twice in the house since I have been there—she had no business to enter the house. On the morning of the 21st I came down a little after eight o'clock, and discovered that the house had been opened—I found the key of the area gate in the area, and the area door open; the scullery window was broken over the catch, and the window thrown up—I had left the area key on the kitchen table—the two doors were open—I missed a silver cash-box, a gold pencil. case, a pair of brass candlesticks, a bottle-jack, a shawl, and some white lining belonging to me—I had seen the cash-box the day before, and I believe the gold pencil-case also: I cannot say but I was the last person up the night before—I fastened the house at eleven o'clock—every thing was perfectly safe—I fastened the doors myself, which I found broken open in the morning. COURT. Q. Was anybody up after you? A. No; I and my husband were the last persons up—the front door was not kept locked—Mr. Greville has a latch-key to let himself in. MR. METCALFE. Q. Have you seen the things? A. Yes; this is the brass bottle-jack—we have a pair of candlesticks at home to match these—I had worn this shawl the night before, and swear to it—this is the piece of white lining. COURT. Q. Did you see the doors that go to the area safety locked? A. I saw them bolted and fastened—the area gate was very seldom opened—I am sure it was not open that night—the person who got the area key might have got in through the scullery window, which was quite safe the night before—the pantry is under the back parlour, and the scullery is a little to the left. SARAH WALLIS. I am a widow, and live at the London-bridge tavern, Southwark—I think the prisoner first took a bed at our house about Nov. or Jan. last. On the 19th of May she came, changed her dress, and said she should not require a bed that night, but thought she should the next night; she did not come to sleep there till the 21st—I did not see her come into the house, but I saw her in the passage with three hampers, which she claimed as her property, and asked me to take care of them—they were not there before she came—I put them in the bar-parlour—I am quite certain nobody touched them—in consequence of something which happened, the policeman examined them on the 29th, eight days afterwards—they had been in the bar-parlour all the time—he found a bottle-jack, a pair of candlesticks, a spittoon, a copper coal-scuttle, and many other articles—I am quite sure the hamper had not been meddled with. COURT. Q. Who had access to the bar-parlour besides you? A. Only my own family—the waiter had no right there only when we were there—I have one female servant and one waiter—I locked up the bar-parlour when I left it—I always clean it out myself—it is a place where I put things that I mean to keep safe. JOHN BAKKR (policeman 72.) I received a basket from Mrs. Wallis, it contained the articles produced. CHARLES TUCKER (police-constable B 202.) On the night of the 20th of May, at a quarter-past nine o'clock, I was on duty near Mr. Greville's house, and saw the prisoner walking to and fro in front of Mr. Greville's house—I saw her up to half-past one the following morning walking backwards and forwards during a great part of the time—the house is in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square. Prisoner. A. woman who was in Mr. Greville's service pointed me out to you, and said, "That is her;" and you said you had never seen me before. Witness. I pointed you out from three females in the cell, before Ann Coney said, "That is her." CHARLOTTE JEFPERIED re-examined. This shawl is my property, the other things are Mr. Greville's. Prisoner's Defence. It is impossible to get in at the back of Mr. Greville's; I might as well attempt to get into the walls of Newgate; there is a very high wall to get over, and then over the roof of General Munday's house, and then there is a conservatory; it is impossible for any female to gain access by the back; when in Mr. Greville's house I could have taken very valuable property; I was aware where the plate chest was kept, and had free access to every room except the sleeping room; I could have taken 1000l. word of property in smaller things than what I am accused of; there were very valuable gold knives and other things there. GUILTY of stealing only. Aged 27.— Confined Six Months

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Maureen Withey on 13th October 2023

Tasmanian Convict Records. Indent. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5P273 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON15-1-5$init=CON15-1-5P274 Sarah Ann Gladwin, alias Mary Ann Taylor. Proper name, Mariann Webb. Tried Kent Q.S. 16 Oct 1848, 14 years. Age 26, 5 ft tall, protestant, can read and write. Single. Offence, Stealing a shawl , property Smiths at Dover. 6 months for robbery forgery &c. I lived with Charles Grant with whom I had a girl which is since dead. Native place, Standon. Surgeon’s Report- Exemplary. Trade, perfect cook. Remarks, F(ather) Joseph, M, Sarah.

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THURSDAY.—Sarah Ann Gladwin, the nymph who lately figured at this Court in male attire, when she passed as Mrs. Grant, was now charged with stealing a shawl, the property of Ann Lewis.   Dover Telegraph, 8 July 1848. Sarah Ann Gladwin, alias Mary Ann Taylor, 25, servant, charged with stealing, at St. Mary's, Dover, a woollen shawl, the property of Ann Lewis. —Mr. Barrow conducted the prosecution. Ann Lewis—l live in Middle-row, in the parish of St. Mary. The prisoner lodged at our house for four nights in June last  : she left on the 9th, and we missed the shawl on the Friday after her departure. The shawl now produced is mine   I know it by a thread run in one of the corners by myself as a mark, having lost  several shawls. The prisoner had access to the cupboard in which my shawl was kept. Mary Baker—l live in New Street, and recollect the prisoner from having bought a shawl of her. It was in Whitsun-week. When she asked me to purchase it, she said I might have it for 4s.: I at first hesitated, as it was a winter shawl, but afterwards purchased it. I am a dealer in second hand  clothes, and have been in Dover since May last. The prisoner was a stranger to me, nor had I any suspicion of the shawl  being stolen. The prisoner, in her defence, said she did not steal the shawl : it came into her possession, and she sold it.—Guilty. A previous conviction at the Old Bailey, in London, in July, 1847, for burglary at her master's residence, a Mr. Greville was then read, and the leading incidents connected therewith were corroborated by a policeman in attendance from the metropolis, who also stated that she had robbed a fellow servant of £2O, entrusted to her to deposit in a Savings Bank. A letter from the clergyman of prisoner's native place was here handed to the Recorder, and which contained an allusion to the excellent character borne  in earlier life by Gladwin, and from which, the writer observed with regret, she had since so greatly degenerated. The prisoner said she wished to be sent out of the country : she never should be able to redeem her character while staying in England. The Recorder hoped prisoner was not speaking flippantly of transportation, so as to lead any present to entertain an idea that it was a trifling punishment : its horrors, as now conducted, were only really known to those who experienced them.—Fourteen years' transportation. Dover Telegraph, 21 October 1848.

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Roslyne Chivers on 13th October 2023

Married George Riley 14/03/1853 Sorell Tasmania