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'''Thomas Wright''', a wool comber, was tried at the Old Bailey for the crime of sodomy with [[Thomas Newton]] | '''Thomas Wright''', a wool comber, was tried at the Old Bailey for the crime of sodomy with [[Thomas Newton]]. | ||
''Thomas Wright was indicted for committing Buggery with Thomas Newton . Jan 10 1724- 5. Thomas Newton thus depos'd. Last January 12 Month, the Prisoner had the Carnal Use of my Body at his own House, in Christophers Alley in Moor-fields : He was a Wooll-Comber by Trade, but he sold a Dram among such Company as came to his House. - He afterwards remov'd to Beech Lane, and there kept Rooms for the entertainment of Sodomites.''<br> | ''Thomas Wright was indicted for committing Buggery with Thomas Newton . Jan 10 1724- 5. Thomas Newton thus depos'd. Last January 12 Month, the Prisoner had the Carnal Use of my Body at his own House, in Christophers Alley in Moor-fields : He was a Wooll-Comber by Trade, but he sold a Dram among such Company as came to his House. - He afterwards remov'd to Beech Lane, and there kept Rooms for the entertainment of Sodomites.''<br> | ||
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Thomas Wright was hanged on 9 May 1726 at Tyburn (with [[William Griffin]], and [[Grabriel Lawrence]]). | Thomas Wright was hanged on 9 May 1726 at Tyburn (with [[William Griffin]], and [[Grabriel Lawrence]]), who was also convicted of buggery with Thomas Newton. | ||
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Revision as of 13:20, 13 August 2011
Thomas Wright, a wool comber, was tried at the Old Bailey for the crime of sodomy with Thomas Newton.
Thomas Wright was indicted for committing Buggery with Thomas Newton . Jan 10 1724- 5. Thomas Newton thus depos'd. Last January 12 Month, the Prisoner had the Carnal Use of my Body at his own House, in Christophers Alley in Moor-fields : He was a Wooll-Comber by Trade, but he sold a Dram among such Company as came to his House. - He afterwards remov'd to Beech Lane, and there kept Rooms for the entertainment of Sodomites.
from Old Bailey Online
Thomas Wright was hanged on 9 May 1726 at Tyburn (with William Griffin, and Grabriel Lawrence), who was also convicted of buggery with Thomas Newton.
External sites
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-67-off317&div=t17260420-67#highlight