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RefNoKWH/9G/1/1F
AltRefNoWH9/1F
TitleGaol picture of William Proctor
DescriptionThe Habitual Criminals Act of 1869 required a register with an accompanying photograph to be kept of all criminals held in gaols (Habitual Criminal Returns registers). Arthur Maddison was employed to photograph the prisoners in Huntingdon Gaol, and a few glass plates have survived in the WH9 series. Here we have an image of a William Proctor. The original glass plate has two images of the prisoner, and the identifying no. 235 written on the plate

William Proctor was aged 32 on discharge from prison, was five feet seven inches tall, with dark brown hair, hazel eyes and a fresh complexion. He had been born in Carlisle, was single and a plumber. He had a letter D [presumably tattooed?] on his left side, several scars about his right leg and hip and a birth mark on his left forearm. He was convicted at Huntingdon Quarter Sessions on the 16 October 1876 for stealing one wooden hawl and fourteen shillings and six pence in money, and sentenced to six months hard labour. He was due to be liberated on the 15th April 1877

Huntingdonshire Archives hold two Habitual Criminal Returns registers 1870-1878 (Reference 4440/367/89). All the images in the first register have been digitised and can be viewed on our CALM catalogue.
Date1876
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CreatorNameThe Whitney Collection
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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