PERRY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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JAIL HOUSE

Register of Prisoners
(Partial Listing)

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(Taken from files at the Perry Historians; Court house documents)

Names of the prisoners in the Jail of Perry County on the Third day of January AD 1831--Time of committment

Jacob J_mp__ committed Sept 1, 1830 for Larceny - Tried, convicted and Sentenced.

John Sweger committed Nov. 3, 1830 for Larceny - Tried, convicted and Sentenced.

Henry Hockenshield committed by virtue of Sentence of Court for Larceny Nov. 3, 1830.

A true extract from the Jail register.

J. Roddy, Sheriff
Jany 3, 1831


List of the names of all the persons confined in the Jail of Perry County, on the 2 August 1830-- Time of commitment & c.

John __ipton, Commited 4 Feby 1830 on charge of Debt

Edward Drake, Committed 10 June 1830 on charge of Larceny

Joseph Bradley, Committed 24 June 1830 on charge of Horse stealing

George Sanderson, Committed 24 July 1830 on charge of Larceny

Susanna Roth, Committed 30 July 1830 on charge of Fornication

The above is correctly taken from the Jail Register.
J. Roddy, Sheriff
2 July 1830


List of Prisoners in the Jail of Perry County, April 2, 1832

Andw. Culbertson, Committed under Sentence of Court for Breach of Peace, 3 Augt 1831

John Peters, Committed on charge of assault and battery, 7 March 1832

John Sweger, Committed 25 Oct 1830 for Larceny, 3 Nov 1830 sentenced to a confinement of 9 months in the Jail of Perry County By the Court.  
15 April 1831 prisoner escaped from confinement March 25, 1832 recommitted on charge of Larceny by Justice Harper?.

J. Roddy, Sheriff
Apr 2, 1832


List of Prisoners confined in the Jail of Perry County - on Monday the 7th day of Jany A.D. 1833

1.  John Peters- Committed on charge of Assault and battery- March 7, 1832

2.  John Gebhart- Committed under sentence of Court on charge of Larceny, December 8th, 1832

Perry County Prison
Bloomfield, Jany 7th 1833.

 


 

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