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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 671

Crime and Punishment Prisons Lincolnshire 1731 entire letter to Grantham, the interior with printed decree issued by the Sheriff of Lincolnshire at Kesteven, instructing the ´Bayliff of Wapentake´ to enlist ´Twenty four good and lawful Men´ as constables´ deputies with a yearly wage of ten pounds; 1836 printed court notice listing the names and details of persons sentenced at the Lincolnshire Summer Assizes – most were transported, four men who committed burglary were noted as ´All Death recorded´; 1845 entire letter to Sleaford Magistrates from Lincoln Castle, the interior with attractive printed heading, requesting a list of all prisoners intended for trial at the assizes; good to fine Estimate £ 180-220

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