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Newpaper listing the Lent Assizes punishments
Findspot:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Period:
Date:
1843
Material:
Paper
Courts known as assizes met every 3 months to preside over the most serious local criminal cases. The Cambridge Lent Assizes of 1843 include the sorry tale of 13-year-old Thomas Bradley from Burwell, Cambridgeshire who was sentenced to 15 years transportation to Port Phillip, Australia for setting fire to stacks of corn and straw.
Collection information
Collection:
Museum of Cambridge
Accession No:
CAMFK:146.61
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