Michael Collins, Prisoner At Usk Gaol 1871

G.R.O. catalogue number: QCG 38

Prison number: 78

Date: April 15 1871

Name: Michael Collins

Age (on discharge): 21 years

Where born: Cork Ireland

Married or single: Single

Trade or occupation: Labourer

Address at time of apprehension: Kings Parade Newport Mon

Offence for which convicted: Stealing a fur cap

Sentence: 3 calendar months hard labour

Previous convictions (summary): March 25 1859 Stealing coal Borough of Newport Conviction not proved

Names of police officers, prison warders, or others who can identify and prove convictions: Chief Superintendent of Police Newport John Huxtable

Any other particulars as to antecedents, associates, &c.: was 5 years in the Monmouthshire Reformatory School at Little Mill

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