Ann Douglas & Sarah Ann Parker's Imprisonment

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Ann Douglas & Sarah Ann Parker

        
Imprisionment  

          Name: Ann Douglas Parker
 Date of Trial: 28 Oct 1858
      Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk
         Crime: Larceny
      Sentence: 12 months hard labour
     

          Name: Sarah Ann Parker
 Date of Trial: 28 Oct 1858
      Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk
         Crime: Larceny
      Sentence: 12 months hard labour

      
NOTE: At the time of Ann Douglas Parkers incarceration her other children would 
      have been around the ages of 10, 7, 5 and 3 years old.

        
Newspaper Articles  

06 October 1858 - Norwich Mercury - Norwich, Norfolk.

Ann Douglas, the wife of James Parker, of West Lynn, labourer, and her daughter, 
Sarah Ann Parker, aged 13 years, was charged, the latter with having stolen, and 
the former with having received, knowing them to have been stolen, two gowns, 
belonging to Mary Chesson, of Tower Street, old clothes dealer. The evidence showed 
that the younger prisoner was seen near the shop about the time that the gowns were 
missed. Police-constable Leader, upon searching the prisoner's house at West Lynn, 
found the gowns in a box there. The younger prisoner said that she had stolen them, 
and told her mother that Miss Walker had given them to her. The two prisoners were 
further charged, as the last case, the one with stealing, and the other with 
receiving five sprigs of bunch of artificial flowers, belonging to Mrs.Cox, of 
Railway Road. The prisoners were further charged in the same manner with a theft at 
the shop of Mr. John Thorlcy, of High Street, draper. The properly this case was 
about yards of alpaca, which was found  in the prisoner's house. The daughter this 
case said that the had seen a lady knock a bundle down from a heap of other pieces 
of dresses piled up the shop door and that she had taken it home and said that Miss 
Walker had also given her this. The he magistrates committed both the prisoners for 
trial. 



09 October 1858 - Norfolk Chronicle - Norwich, Norfolk.

PETTY SESSIONS.
Committed for trial Wholesale Robbery.- Sarah Ann Parker (12), and Ann Douglas 
Parker, her mother, and wife of a navigator, were charged, the first with stealing, 
and the second with receiving, two gowns, value 95., the property of Mrs. Chesson, 
of Tower-street, old clothes dealer (the same person mentioned the case under the 
Divorce Act)  The dresses were safe on the 22nd September, but on the following 
morning, one (a brown one) was  missed from a nail near the shop door. In the 
evening of the 24th Mrs. Chesson heard a ring at the bell attached to the gate in 
the shop door-way, and on going out, found the younger prisoner close; on asking 
her what she wanted, the girl said -" Some hurdy-gurdies reached over the gate to ok 
at some clothes, and made the bell ring." Mrs. Chesson told her to go away, and she 
did so, and the same evening the other dress (an alpaca one) was missed. They were 
subsequently found the possession of the older prisoner at West Lynn ; and she 
represented that they had been given to her daughter by Miss Walker. The admitted 
the theft, but said she had told her  mother the things were given to her by Miss 
Walker. - Both prisoners were committed for trial.

The prisoners were further charged with stealing 19 yards of stuff, value 6s, the 
property of John Thorley, of High-street, draper. The stuff was found in a box in 
the prisoner's bed-room. The elder prisoner stated that itwas brought home by her 
daughter, who said that Miss walker had given it her. The younger prisoner said she 
did not steal it, but that a lady knocked it off a pile of stuffs at Mr. Thorley's 
door with her dress, and that she (the girls) picked it up and took it home to her 
mother, telling her that Miss Walker had given it to her. Both prisoners were 
committed for trial on this charge also.

They were further charged with stealing five sprays of artificial flowers value 3s.,
from a millinery shop kept by the wife of Joseph Cox, mill-wright, Railway-road. The 
prosecutor's daughter remembered the younger prisoner purchasing a thimble on the 
22nd or 23rd September, and subsequently the flowers were missed. It was found that 
the elder prisoner had sold part of them to a neighbour named Butcher, and part to 
another name Merriken, representing that they wer a present from her husband's mother. 
To the policeman, however, she told the same tale about Miss Walker having given 
them to her daughter; and the latter stated that she did not steal them, but that 
they hung to her shawl as she was leaving the shop. Committed on this charge also.



30 October 1858 - Norwich Mercury - Norwich, Norfolk.

Sarah Ann Parker, aged twelve years, and her mother, Ann Douglas Parker, were 
charged, the former with receiving, and the latter with having stolen two dresses, 
belonging to Elisabeth Chesson. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were 
each sentenced to one year's imprisonment, with hard labour, at Wymondham. The 
above prisoners were further charged with stealing and receiving before, a number 
of artificial flowers, belonging to Joseph Cox. The prisoners were found guilty, 
and were each committed one year's imprisonment, with hard labour at Wymondham. 
This sentence was to run concurrent with the preceding one .



06 Nov 1858 - The Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette. 

Sarah Ann Parker, a girl aged 12, and Ann Douglas Parker, her mother, were charged 
with several acts of theft, to all of which the former pleaded guilty, and the latter 
not guilty. Mr. D.Browne prosecuted in the two cases, and Mr. S.Reeve in a third. 
The circumstances evinced a shocking degree of criminality on the part of both 
prisoners, and especially of the mother, who appeared to have been in the habit of 
letting the child wander about the streets at will, and receiving and profiting by 
the produce of her pilferings, in which she had become quite an expert. The first 
charge was that of having stolen two gowns on consecutive days, from a second hand 
clothes shop kept by a Mrs. Chesson, in Tower-street. The second was for stealing 
five sprays of artificial flowers, from a millinery shop kept by a Mrs. Cox, in 
Railway-road. In both these, a verdict of guilty was returned against the elder 
prisoner. The third charge was for stealing 19 yards of stuff from the shop-door of 
Mr. Thorley, draper, High-street, but on this no evidence was offered. It was stated 
that the prisoners were the wife and daughter of a "navvie," much addicted to drink, 
who had now left the neighbourhood; and that there were three or found children. 
The Recorder, in passing sentence, expressed great regret that he could not send the 
younger child to a reformatory, there not being one for girls in the county. The 
prisoners were severally sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. The elder, on hearing 
this, fell to the ground with loud cries, and was carried out of the court.

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	Imprisonment - Kings Lynn Ann Douglas & Sarah Ann Parker Imprisionment Name: Ann Douglas Parker Date of Trial: 28 Oct 1858 Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk Crime: Larceny Sentence: 12 months hard labour Name: Sarah Ann Parker Date of Trial: 28 Oct 1858 Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk Crime: Larceny Sentence: 12 months hard labour NOTE: At the time of Ann Douglas Parkers incarceration her other children would have been around the ages of 10, 7, 5 and 3 years old. Newspaper Articles 06 October 1858 - Norwich Mercury - Norwich, Norfolk. Ann Douglas, the wife of James Parker, of West Lynn, labourer, and her daughter, Sarah Ann Parker, aged 13 years, was charged, the latter with having stolen, and the former with having received, knowing them to have been stolen, two gowns, belonging to Mary Chesson, of Tower Street, old clothes dealer. The evidence showed that the younger prisoner was seen near the shop about the time that the gowns were missed. Police-constable Leader, upon searching the prisoner's house at West Lynn, found the gowns in a box there. The younger prisoner said that she had stolen them, and told her mother that Miss Walker had given them to her. The two prisoners were further charged, as the last case, the one with stealing, and the other with receiving five sprigs of bunch of artificial flowers, belonging to Mrs.Cox, of Railway Road. The prisoners were further charged in the same manner with a theft at the shop of Mr. John Thorlcy, of High Street, draper. The properly this case was about yards of alpaca, which was found in the prisoner's house. The daughter this case said that the had seen a lady knock a bundle down from a heap of other pieces of dresses piled up the shop door and that she had taken it home and said that Miss Walker had also given her this. The he magistrates committed both the prisoners for trial. 09 October 1858 - Norfolk Chronicle - Norwich, Norfolk. PETTY SESSIONS. Committed for trial Wholesale Robbery.- Sarah Ann Parker (12), and Ann Douglas Parker, her mother, and wife of a navigator, were charged, the first with stealing, and the second with receiving, two gowns, value 95., the property of Mrs. Chesson, of Tower-street, old clothes dealer (the same person mentioned the case under the Divorce Act) The dresses were safe on the 22nd September, but on the following morning, one (a brown one) was missed from a nail near the shop door. In the evening of the 24th Mrs. Chesson heard a ring at the bell attached to the gate in the shop door-way, and on going out, found the younger prisoner close; on asking her what she wanted, the girl said -" Some hurdy-gurdies reached over the gate to ok at some clothes, and made the bell ring." Mrs. Chesson told her to go away, and she did so, and the same evening the other dress (an alpaca one) was missed. They were subsequently found the possession of the older prisoner at West Lynn ; and she represented that they had been given to her daughter by Miss Walker. The admitted the theft, but said she had told her mother the things were given to her by Miss Walker. - Both prisoners were committed for trial. The prisoners were further charged with stealing 19 yards of stuff, value 6s, the property of John Thorley, of High-street, draper. The stuff was found in a box in the prisoner's bed-room. The elder prisoner stated that itwas brought home by her daughter, who said that Miss walker had given it her. The younger prisoner said she did not steal it, but that a lady knocked it off a pile of stuffs at Mr. Thorley's door with her dress, and that she (the girls) picked it up and took it home to her mother, telling her that Miss Walker had given it to her. Both prisoners were committed for trial on this charge also. They were further charged with stealing five sprays of artificial flowers value 3s., from a millinery shop kept by the wife of Joseph Cox, mill-wright, Railway-road. The prosecutor's daughter remembered the younger prisoner purchasing a thimble on the 22nd or 23rd September, and subsequently the flowers were missed. It was found that the elder prisoner had sold part of them to a neighbour named Butcher, and part to another name Merriken, representing that they wer a present from her husband's mother. To the policeman, however, she told the same tale about Miss Walker having given them to her daughter; and the latter stated that she did not steal them, but that they hung to her shawl as she was leaving the shop. Committed on this charge also. 30 October 1858 - Norwich Mercury - Norwich, Norfolk. Sarah Ann Parker, aged twelve years, and her mother, Ann Douglas Parker, were charged, the former with receiving, and the latter with having stolen two dresses, belonging to Elisabeth Chesson. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were each sentenced to one year's imprisonment, with hard labour, at Wymondham. The above prisoners were further charged with stealing and receiving before, a number of artificial flowers, belonging to Joseph Cox. The prisoners were found guilty, and were each committed one year's imprisonment, with hard labour at Wymondham. This sentence was to run concurrent with the preceding one . 06 Nov 1858 - The Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette. Sarah Ann Parker, a girl aged 12, and Ann Douglas Parker, her mother, were charged with several acts of theft, to all of which the former pleaded guilty, and the latter not guilty. Mr. D.Browne prosecuted in the two cases, and Mr. S.Reeve in a third. The circumstances evinced a shocking degree of criminality on the part of both prisoners, and especially of the mother, who appeared to have been in the habit of letting the child wander about the streets at will, and receiving and profiting by the produce of her pilferings, in which she had become quite an expert. The first charge was that of having stolen two gowns on consecutive days, from a second hand clothes shop kept by a Mrs. Chesson, in Tower-street. The second was for stealing five sprays of artificial flowers, from a millinery shop kept by a Mrs. Cox, in Railway-road. In both these, a verdict of guilty was returned against the elder prisoner. The third charge was for stealing 19 yards of stuff from the shop-door of Mr. Thorley, draper, High-street, but on this no evidence was offered. It was stated that the prisoners were the wife and daughter of a "navvie," much addicted to drink, who had now left the neighbourhood; and that there were three or found children. The Recorder, in passing sentence, expressed great regret that he could not send the younger child to a reformatory, there not being one for girls in the county. The prisoners were severally sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. The elder, on hearing this, fell to the ground with loud cries, and was carried out of the court. • Back to Parker Family Page • • Back to Walton Family Page •
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