Quarter
Sessions
document
1855
Sessions
document
1855
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The official court records from 1855 show that Harriet Phillips had joined in the attack on Jane Lloyd in Builth on 28th June... |
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Quarter
Sessions document 1855 |
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Drawing
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Rob Davies |
"Harriet Phillips is convicted before the undersigned, two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County, for that on the 28th day of June last at the parish of Builth in the County of Brecon one Mary Cooke of the parish of Builth aforesaid, did unlawfully and violently assault and beat one Jane Lloyd, the wife of John Lloyd, Labourer, of the parish of Builth aforesaid. And that the said Harriet Phillips did then and there incite and aid the said Mary Cooke to commit the said offence". |  |
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The first part of
the charge against Harriet Phillips reads much the same as the document
on the last page, which was the case against Mary Cooke. Both women were
accused of assaulting Jane Lloyd,
but Mary seems to have done most of the beating, and Harriet helped and
encouraged her. To 'incite'
means to egg on or to urge someone to do something. What happened to Mary and Harriet...
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