[List-Cumbria] Forged note

[Alan@cartar.com]

I have a great grand father Joseph Hodgson Russell, born Plumbland 1861.  I
do not know much about the family Hodgson origin.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:23 PM Petra Mitchinson via List-Cumbria <
list-cumbria at cumbriafhs.com> wrote:

> A forged bank note.
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> Very serious matter, counterfeit money. Death penalty was standard for
> counterfeiting coins and notes and for uttering them – although uttering
> sometimes got milder sentences.
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> Most death sentences for counterfeiting were commuted to lesser sentences,
> mostly transportation.
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> Petra
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> *From:* List-Cumbria [mailto:list-cumbria-bounces at cumbriafhs.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Alan--- via List-Cumbria
> *Sent:* 10 April 2020 20:13
> *To:* JOSEPHINE KNIGHT <josephinemary85 at btinternet.com>; Genealogy email
> list for Cumbria <list-cumbria at cumbriafhs.com>
> *Cc:* Alan at cartar.com
> *Subject:* Re: [List-Cumbria] Forged note
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> My first time running across FORGED NOTE.  What was it and why a death
> penalty.
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> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 1:25 PM JOSEPHINE KNIGHT via List-Cumbria <
> list-cumbria at cumbriafhs.com> wrote:
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> One of the recent Carlisle Journal extracts sent in by Petra mentioned a
> little girl who had been given a forged note to go and buy something. My
> 4th Gt Uncle - Edward Wilson Coulthard HODGSON born Gilcrux 1796 - was
> convicted for  offering a forged note and was sentenced to death!!  This
> was  commuted to deportation and he ended up in Tasmania. On board the ship
> going there he had contracted pneumonia and - without me searching -
> Ancestry produced the day to day account of his illness as kept by the
> doctor on the ship. This is now kept in the Royal Navy records.Edward was
> eventually able to have his family join him in Tasmania and they all
> continued to make a life there. The Australian newspaper records etc.are
> found on trove.nla.gov.au  which is an excellent website (national
> library of Australia) that may be useful to anyone looking for information
> there. Josephine
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> Alan
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> T. Alan Russell
> 8 Waters Edge Drive
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T. Alan Russell
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Paris, IL 61944

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Alan at cartar.com

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