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| − | '''Thomas Newton''' | + | '''Thomas Newton''' brought several cases at Old Bailey records for the crime of [[sodomy]]. |
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| + | [[William Griffin]], [[Thomas Wright]] and [[Gabriel Lawrence]], (who was caught in a raid on [[the House of Margaret Clap]]) were both hanged for sodomising him. | ||
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| + | ''“William Brown was indicted for a misdemeanour, in assaulting Thomas Newton, with an Intent to commit Sodomy with him”'' whilst walking home from an Ale House in Moorfields. Despite witnesses saying Brown ''“had been married 12 or 13 Years, had the Character of on honest Man, a kind Husband, and one that loved the Company of Women better than that of his own Sex”'' The Jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to pillory, a fine and imprisonment. | ||
== External sites == | == External sites == | ||
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-67-off317&div=t17260420-67#highlight<br> | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-67-off317&div=t17260420-67#highlight<br> | ||
| − | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-64&div=t17260420-64&terms=Molly#highlight | + | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-64&div=t17260420-64&terms=Molly#highlight<br> |
| + | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260711-77-off328&div=t17260711-77&terms=Thomas%20Newton#highlight | ||
[[Category:People]][[Category:Crime]][[Category:Death penalty]][[Category:Molly houses]][[Category:London]][[Category:Holborn]] | [[Category:People]][[Category:Crime]][[Category:Death penalty]][[Category:Molly houses]][[Category:London]][[Category:Holborn]] | ||
Revision as of 13:35, 13 August 2011
Thomas Newton brought several cases at Old Bailey records for the crime of sodomy.
William Griffin, Thomas Wright and Gabriel Lawrence, (who was caught in a raid on the House of Margaret Clap) were both hanged for sodomising him.
“William Brown was indicted for a misdemeanour, in assaulting Thomas Newton, with an Intent to commit Sodomy with him” whilst walking home from an Ale House in Moorfields. Despite witnesses saying Brown “had been married 12 or 13 Years, had the Character of on honest Man, a kind Husband, and one that loved the Company of Women better than that of his own Sex” The Jury found him guilty and he was sentenced to pillory, a fine and imprisonment.
External sites
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-67-off317&div=t17260420-67#highlight
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260420-64&div=t17260420-64&terms=Molly#highlight
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17260711-77-off328&div=t17260711-77&terms=Thomas%20Newton#highlight
