Court Record of the Old Bailey, England
Court Record of Old Bailey.
James May is the original May Ancestor of our Family.
Not all ancestors are found to be pure and upright citizens, but we do not know his circumstances of life. It was not an easy time for people to live in.
The lady that did the research is Joanna, She was the one that went to England and found the Old Bailey Records.
Found in the Parish Records of the British Isles, Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London, England
James May
Christening March 04, 1739.
Parents Jacob May and Elizabeth (no last name).
Randall Ratliff
The Court Record...
London Archives
Sessions Roll
11th September, 1771
No. og/sr 123 (file number in the London Archives)
No 115 (actual court case number from this court session)
True Bill
Sworn in Court ( the main plaintiff and witnesses)
Richard Groom
Elizabeth Groom
Richard Smith
James Langson
Mathew Croker
Mathew Croker the younger
Text:
(James May) Puts himself upon the Country.
I will say guilty.
No goods.
To be transported for the space of seven years according to the form of the statute of Middlesex. The Jurors for Lord The King upon their oath present that James May, late of the Parish of Saint Dunston, Stepen Heath, otherwise Stepney in the county of Middlesex, labourer, otherwise called Emanuel Mills, late of the same, labourer, on the 27th day of August, in the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 3rd, King of Great Briton and with forces and arms at the parish aforesaid in the county aforesaid,
one thousand yards of Ribbon of the value, Twenty Pounds, Ten pair of metal shoe buckles of the value of ten shillings, one hundred yards of Thread Lace of the value of 5 pounds and six silk handkerchiefs of the value of 20 shillings of the goods and chattel of Richard Groom
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Then and there, found feloniously did steal, take and carry away against the peace of our said Lord The King, his Crown and Dignity.
W. J.
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After the trial at the Old Bailey in London. James May was subsequently placed aboard the Prison hulk "Justitia" until January 1772 when he was transported to America for a period of 7 years.
The Captain of the Justitia was Neil Gillis.
Source: English Convicts In Colonial America Volume I Middlesex : 1617 - 1775
By: Peter Wilson Coldham.
James May used the alias of Emanuel Mills many times
He traveled to America under the alias of Emanuel Mills.
The Background is of the Old Bailey in England.
Old Bailey, from Microcosm of London (1808) byRudolf Ackermann
The Old Bailey is England's most important crown court. The court can try crimes from any part of the country. It was originally established as a Session House in 1539 but was rebuilt in 1774. The Old Bailey became known as the Central Criminal Court. The building was demolished in 1902 and today the Old Bailey stands on the site of Newgate Prison
A court is held at the Old Bailey eight times a year for the trial of prisoners for crimes committed within the city of London and the county of Middlesex. The crimes tried in this court are high and petty treason, murder, felony, forgery, petty larceny, burglary, etc. The print represents the court employed in the examination of a witness.
by: Gayl Ramey Wells August 2001
Record sent to me by:Randall Ratliff