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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/1/1K
AltRefNo	WH9/1K
Title	Gaol picture of George Shearcroft
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 George Shearcroft . The original glass plate has two images of the prisoner, with the identifying no. 241 written on the plate. George Shearcroft was aged 49 on discharge from prison, was 5 feet six inches tall, had dark brown hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. He had been born in Long Sutterton, Lincolnshire, was married and a draper's assistant out on employ. He had been apprehended in Huntingdon, and convicted at Huntingdonshire Quarte Sessions on the 1 January 1877 for receiving stolen property, and sentenced to three months hard labour. He was due to be discharged from prison on the 31 March 1877 and was to reside in Huntingdon. He had been tried at Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions on the 18 October 1869 for stealing one light overcoat and four shirts, but had been acquitted. 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	1877
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CreatorName	The Whitney Collection
Repository	Huntingdonshire Archives

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