Guide to the Records of the Corporation of London Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)
M580, M1363-M1367
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
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Series. Sessions Files, 1756 - 1792
Arranged chronologically within each letter of the alphabet, the indexes give the full name of the person, the date of the indictment, and the offence (eg grand larceny, forcible entry, assault, highway robbery) and in some cases the sentence (eg fined, transported, not guilty).
Series. Sessions Minute Books, 1793 - 1834
Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Terminer Fair Entry Books. The books record hearings of the General Sessions of Gaol Delivery at the Old Bailey, together with General Sessions of Oyer and Terminer which were held at the same time. It gives the dates of the sessions and adjournments, the names of the justices and jurors, and lists the prisoners with summaries of their alleged offences and their sentences.
Sessions Minute Book, December 1783 - January 1785 (File)
The book records hearings of both the Quarter Sessions of the Peace at the Guildhall and the General Sessions of Gaol Delivery at the Old Bailey. It gives the dates of the sessions and adjournments, the names of the justices, recorders and jurors, and lists the prisoners with summaries of their alleged offences and their sentences. Many of the prisoners were sentenced to transportation.
Series. Transportation Accounts, 1829 - 1840
Transportation Account, July 1829 - December 1840 (File)
Arranged by ship, the account records payments for drawing up contracts and bonds, attending the execution of contracts, attendance at the Home office, messengers and postage. The principal charge was for perusing and arranging documents transmitted by the Home Office relating to convicts sentenced to transportation and preparing lists of transported convicts.