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Devon Quarter Sessions - Michaelmas 1783 [DRO - QS32/58]
Transcribed by Brian Brassett
Devon to Wit. A Calendar of the prisoners in his Majestys high Gaol for the County of Devon at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace at the Castle of Exon October 8th 1783.
| Sarah Kane | Committed August 1st 1783 by R. Michell esq charged on oath of Susanna Varrant with Assaulting her. [comment] Discharged no prosecution. |
| Edward Power | Committed August 27th by R. Michell esq charged on Oath of Richard Vivian on a violent suspicion of feloniously taking and carrying away from the Paving Ground of the said Richard Vivian one Iron Pegg such as is used by Paviours. [comment] Discharged no prosecution. |
| [John] Cox | Committed Sept 29th by William Spicer esq charged on oaths of William Weeks and others on suspicion of entering the dwelling house of the said William Weeks & stealing thereout two Pounds twelve shillings & sixpence the property of the said William Weeks. [comment] Acquitted. |
| From the County Bridewell | |
| Ann Kelland | Committed July 21st 1783 by Thomas putt esq for feloniously stealing a quantity of Frett [fruit] from a Bridge. [comment] Acquitted. |
| John Kingdom | Committed July 25th by R.I. Fortescue esq for feloniously stealing an Axe. [comment] Continues in Bridewell]. |
| James Butson | Committed August 19th by H.L. Brown esq for feloniously stealing Three Ducks & a Drake. [comment] Tryed. |
| James Dawe | Committed Sept 9th by Sir William Prideaux Bart for feloniously stealing two Geese. [comment] Tryed. |
| For the Assize | |
| James Duffill | Committed April 26th by George Marshall esq Mayor of Plymouth for felony. |
| William Clarke | Committed Aug 12th by the Revd H. Walrond clerk for Burglary. |
| Matthew Thomas | Committed Aug 27th by Alexander Hamilton esq for felony. |
| George Jackman | Committed Aug 22nd by the Revd James Carrington clerk for Burglary. |
| James Hortopp | Committed Aug 27th by John Luxmoore esq for felony |
| Edward Warndell John Wolfe | Committed Sept 6th by the Revd H. Walrond clerk for felony. |
| Henry Sommers John Childs | Committed Sept 8th by George Marshall esq Mayor of Plymouth for felony. |
| William Coombes John Goodman | Committed Sept 8th by George Marshall esq Mayor of Plymouth for felony. |
| John Dare Seaman | Committed Sept 12th by Thomas Baker & Thomas Taylor esq's for felony. |
| James Mooney | Committed Sept 16th by R. Michell esq for felony. |
| Nicholas Prout | Committed Sept 16th by R. Michell esq for felony. |
| Benjamine Bennett John Evans | Committed Sept 24th by George Buck esq felony. |
| James Mills | Committed Sept 29th by the Revd H. Walrond clerk for felony. |
| James McGann | Committed Sept 30th by John Baring esq for felony. |
| Remain on former Orders. | |
| William Jones John O'Craft Ann Levies Ann Rogers John Bawden William McGlashan Alexander McAdam Elizabeth Whimple Peter Paris John Manning William Gifford George Facey Richard Lord | Ordered for Transportation last Lent Assizes. |
| John Paddy Robert Pugh Elizabeth Carder George Darby Clement Thomas Henry Harvey William Hamilton Field | Ordered for Transportation last Lammas Assize |
| Patrick Burn William Dillon James Murphy George White John Lishman Elizabeth Rowland John Haydon Simon Burn Edward Cavenough Timothy Moss George Bickford David Murch Ann Murch | Sentenced for Death last Lammas Assizes but since received his majestys Pardon on condition of being Transported to America. |