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Re: .Philemon Taylor

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:54 pm
by gardener
Is this him in the Dudley area in 1857? It is reported a few times


DUDLEY
... la-t, between one and two o’clock, a highway robbery was comnutU-d near the railway station. In this town, a man named Philemon Taylor. It seems that Taylor was walking near the rail way station, when was accosted by man who asked to point out the way to ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1857
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser

But then there is one for suspected vagrancy just a bit later, which seems odd if he had a gold watch in 1857

Philemon Taylor, charged with vagrancy. Dismissed.—

Published: Saturday 11 February 1860
Newspaper: Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard