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KWH - Whitney Collection of Photographs
- 9G - 487 glass plate and plastic negatives of various sizes of local views, groups, buildings and people. 1860s-1925; 1950s
  - 1 - Early photographs (1870s) of prisoners in Huntingdon Gaol, of Mr Ashton and his bicycle, the Earl of Sandwich and the Reverend William Wright. Early 20th century views of Brampton Mill, Hinchingbrooke House, a flood scene (Portholme?) and William Henry Clayton of Huntingdon in mayoral robes 1927-1928

RefNo	KWH/9G/1/1H
AltRefNo	WH9/1H
Title	Gaol picture of William Coles
Description	The 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 Coles. The original glass plate has two images of the prisoner, and the identifying no. 237 written on the plate William Coles was aged 22 on discharge from prison, was 5 feet 5 inches tall, had dark brown hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He had been born in Leighton [Bromswold] and was single and a labourer. He was apprehended at Leighton and tried at Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions on the 16 October 1876 for stealing a purse and one half sovereign, two half crowns and one shilling from a dwelling house. He was sentenced to seven years penal servitude and five years police supervision, and was due to be liberated on 15 October 1883. He was removed to Pentonville prison on 20 December 1876. A printed copy of his previous convictions has been pasted into the Habitual Criminal Returns register, and record 5 offences from November 1870 to February 1876 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.
Date	1876
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CreatorName	The Whitney Collection
Repository	Huntingdonshire Archives

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