Imprisonment

Date 2 August 1873
Place County Gaol, Gloucestershire, England
Description Deserted from ship "Black Prince"

Source References

  1. Document copy
      • Date: 2 August 1873
      • Page: Prison Record - Robert Southard
      • Citation:

        Ancestry.com - Gloucestershire, England, Prison Records, 1728-1914
        Register of Prisoners: The County Gaol, Gloucestershire

  2. National Archives, Kew: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books
      • Page: ADM 139/891/9055 - Robert Searle Southard
  3. Cheltenham Chronicle
      • Date: 5 August 1873
      • Page: Page 2
      • Citation:

        [REMANDS]

        Robert Southard, a seaman, was charged with deserting from her Majesty's ship Black Prince at Portsmouth within the last three months.

        Supt. Day said the prisoner came to the station on Friday night and said he deserted from the Black Prince at Portsmouth about two months ago, and that the ship was ordered to sail the day after he deserted. He wished a remand to be granted, in order that he might communicate with the proper authorities. He could not see the prisoner's name in the Police Gazette.

        Remanded for a week.

  4. Cheltenham Examiner
      • Date: 13 August 1873
      • Page: Page 2
      • Citation:

        [CHELTENHAM POLICE COURT.]
        [SATURDAY.]

        Robert Southard, a deserter from the Navy, who had been remanded pending enquiries, was now ordered to be handed over to the Admiralty authorities.