Thomas Lane

Timeline

1814? – Estimated year of birth.

1835 – 30^th June – Thomas Lane, at the Bristol City Sessions, was found Not Guilty of assaulting a police officer.

1844 – 16^th July – Thomas Lane, at the Bristol City Sessions, was found Not Guilty as No Bill was brought forward by the prosecutor, for larceny from the person.

1845 – 6^th January – Thomas Lane, at the Bristol City Sessions, was found Guilty of stealing iron and was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment.

1847 – 9^th April – Thomas Lane, at the Bristol City Sessions, was found Guilty of stealing bread and meat, the property of John Hooker, and was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment.

1853 – 26^th October – Thomas Lane, at the Michaelmas Session in Bristol, was found Guilty of stealing a cheese, the property of Richard Chase, and was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment.

1854 – 15^th July – Thomas Lane, at the Michaelmas Session in Bristol, was found Guilty of stealing a glass, the property of Thomas Davey, and was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment.

1856 – 7^th January – Thomas Lane committed in Bristol.

1856 – 8^th January – Thomas Lane, a single labourer aged 41, is convicted of Larceny at the Epiphany Sessions in Bristol and sentenced to 4 years penal servitude.

1856 – 2^nd February – Transferred to Millbank Prison and given the prison number 2269. His behaviour here was Good. His prison trade was that of a tailor.

1856 – 14^th April – Transferred to Pentonville Prison, his prisoner number is 6575. His behaviour here was Good. He is noted as being thin, his progress in school as good and his prison trade is that of a weaver.

1857 – 27^th March–Transferred to Chatham Prison, his prisoner number is 867. His behaviour here was Very Good. His prison trade was as a labourer.

1859 – 6^th May – Received at Woking Convict Invalid Prison. Prisoner Number 64.

He is described as having a fair complexion with dark brown hair and grey eyes and his height is 6’0 and his body thin.In addition, his notes state he has large dark brown whiskers, a cut on his left shoulder and wrist, his face is slightly pockmarked and that he cannot bend two fingers of his right hand. His next of kin is his father,Alex Lane, living at 4 Caroline buildings, St Philips, Bristol.

1859 – 6^thMay – Released from Woking Convict Invalid Prison.

1861 – Census – Thomas Lane, a 46-year-old labourer, is living with his father Alexander, a 92-year-old widower, and two lodgers; Mary Salmon, 58-year-oldlaundress, and Ann Teck, a 61-year-old hawker, at 4 Caroline place, St Philips, Bristol.

1861 – 24^th April – Committed in Bristol and taken to ‘Her Majesty’s common Gaol Bristol’. His temper is described as very good, his intelligence as moderate, that he has good feelings and denies the charge, and that his religious information is scanty. His conduct in this prison has been Good.

1861 – 3^rd July – Thomas is transferred from Bristol Gaol to Millbank Prison and given the prison number 3615. His behaviour here was Good. He is noted as being well behaved, that he had previously been held at Newgale Gaol in Wales, despite no other records making mention of it, that he progressed little in schooling and his prison trade was that of a tailor.

1862 – 16^thApril – Transferred to Chatham Prison, his prisoner number is 4742. His behaviour is described as Exemplary. He makes tolerable progress in schooling and his prison trade is that of a labourer.

1863 – 8^th June – Transferred to Gibraltar, his prisoner number is 4330. His behaviour is described as Exemplary. He makes fair progress in schooling and his prison trade is that of a labourer.

1866 – 10^th February – Thomas leaves Gibraltar on a ship called the Siccian.

1866 – 17^th February –Transferred to Millbank Prison, his prisoner number is 1598.

1866 – 27^th February –Thomas Lane is released on licence, licence number 17926, to Bristol.He is described as having afresh face, brown hair, grey eyes and is 6’0 tall. His nose is described as ordinary, his face as being oval, his body rather slight, and as having a scar cut on his left shoulder and left wrist.

1881 – Census – Thomas Lane, a 68-year-old general labourer, is an inmate at Bristol City Workhouse in Stapleton.