"Murder in Prison" Topic
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Musketballs | 21 Mar 2019 9:17 a.m. PST |
An account of the case of Pierre Ayes, a French POW tried for the murder of a fellow POW in 1810. While some sources show Ayes as having been executed, it appears that after the manslaughter ruling, his sentence was commuted to a year in prison. link link And of Antonio Tardit, executed for murdering a fellow POW in 1813: link |
Musketballs | 21 Mar 2019 10:05 a.m. PST |
An account of the execution of 2 French POW's in 1812: link Beury and Dubois were sentenced to death for forging a banknote, btw. 3 more French POW's were executed in 1812 for the same thing – Guilaume Leman, Jean Rouvelle and Francois Adam, held aboard the prison ship Glory. A British accomplice was executed with them. link With the benefit of hindsight, this thread should probably have been called 'Judicial Execution of POW's' |
22ndFoot | 21 Mar 2019 12:58 p.m. PST |
Fascinating stuff. Thank you. |
Nine pound round | 21 Mar 2019 1:47 p.m. PST |
Wasn't a felony automatically a capital case in the UK in that period? |
Musketballs | 21 Mar 2019 2:09 p.m. PST |
There were an awful lot of capital offences in Britain at that time (the so-called 'Bloody Codes'). However, by 'our' period, the clemency rate was eye-wateringly high, with over 90% of death sentences being commuted to prison or transportation. The system had become essentially meaningless and mandatory death penalties were largely swept away in 1823. However, counterfeiting money was taken really seriously and the chance of dodging the noose was not very high compared with other offences. The French 1810 Penal Code also had the death penalty for forging banknotes, or forging gold or silver coins. With copper coins, you got off lightly with hard labour for life |
Musketballs | 21 Mar 2019 5:37 p.m. PST |
Charles Mansereaux (or Masseureaux) – executed 1813 for the murder of Marine William King on the Hulk Sampson at Chatham: link p93-94 Another forgery case, from 1809. In this case, they appear to have got away with a spell in the 'hole', and a flogging. link |
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