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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1No3.38 |
Object Name |
Folders (containers) |
Title |
Court Cases - Individuals (Sent to Workhouse, Marblehead) |
Caption of Image |
Mittimus Paper for Henry Quiner |
Scope & Content/Description |
This file, labeled "Court Cases-Individuals (sent to workhouse, MHD)," contains writs of mittimus from the Salem Police Court, committing people to the workhouse and/or house of correction for reasons and various dates, as follows: 1. Henry Quiner, laborer, October 17, 1849, for being drunk and intoxicated, and having failed to pay fine, was committed to workhouse. Samuel Day, Constable, Salem. 2. Moses Gilford, July 8, 1831, on complaint of Fred Chamberlain for disorderly conduct was committed to six months in the house of correction. John Gray, Constable, Salem. 3. Moses Gilford, April 8, 1831, on complaint of Peter Edgerly for disorderly conduct, cruel treatment of his wife and disturbing neighbors, committed to house of corrections for two months. John Gray, Constable, Salem. 4. Joseph Rankin, October 6, 1842, for being a common drunkard and being intoxicated, committed to workhouse for three months. 5. Elizabeth Smith, October 1, 1844, for being a common drunkard, committed to workhouse for two months. Oliver Adams, Constable, Salem. 6. Betsy Smith, April 2, 1847, for being a common drunkard, committed to workhouse for four months. Oliver Adams, Constable, Salem. 7. Betsy Smith, December 8, 1847, for being a vagabond without a home or the means of making an honest livelihood, committed to workhouse for three months. Oliver Adams, Constable. 8. Joseph Rankin, June 10, 1848, for being a vagabond without a home and with the means of making an honest livelihood, committed to workhouse for four months. Nathaniel Reed, Constable. 9. Margaret Sibbens, August f, 1848, for being a common drunkard, drunk and intoxicated, committed to workhouse for two months. Oliver Adams, Constable. 10. Joseph Rankin, July 5, 1849, for drunk and intoxicated, committed to workhouse for six months. Samuel Day, Constable. 11. Mary Snow, wife of Joseph W. Snow, June 4, 1847, on complaint of Peter Bateman for being a "common railer and brawler, and for making a great noise and disturbance on Marblehead streets, using profanity, making menacing speeches and committing divers other disorders and quarrels, and committed to workhouse for 10 days. Joseph M. Rowell, Constrable. 12. Return on mittimus for Moses Gilford, July 8, 1831, $2.50 paid to John Gray, Constable. 13. Receipt showing payment of $14.50 to John Hutson for boarding Andrew Tucker, a poor person, August 23, 1809. |
Subjects |
Law & legal affairs Law enforcement Work House |
Date |
1809 |
Year Range from |
1809 |
Year Range to |
1849 |
Catalog date |
2022-11-10 |
People |
Adams, Oliver, Constable Bateman, Peter Brown, Nathaniel Chamberlain, Fred Day, Samuel, Constable Edgerly, Peter Gilford, Moses Gray, John, Constable Huston, John Quiner, Henry Rankin, Joseph Reed, Nathaniel Rowell, Joseph M., Constable Savage, Justice of the Peace Sibbens, Margaret Smith, Betsy Smith, Elizabeth Snow, Joseph W. Snow, Mary Tucker, Andrew |
Search Terms |
Old Town records Work House |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Good |