Source: Richmond County Criminal Trials 1710-1754
pages 116-117
Source:
Richmond County Criminal Trials 1710-1754
pages 116-117
Source:
Richmond Goma Criminal Trials 1710-1754
pages 116-117
John Hostock , L727
Offence: Petty Treason
Location: Williamsburg
Ex Date: Daa a2)
Details: Convict servant of Edward Hinckley. Had
been transported for horse stealing in
England. Confessed to ax-murder of his master and the
wounding of his mistress, the latter of whom he had
thought dead and tossed into a potato cellar together
with the murder weapon. Also plundered the house. Con-
demned at April 1727 session of Virginia General Court.
May
John Hostock if 1727
Offence: Petty Treason
Location: Williamsburg
Ex Date: Be) MAT
Details: Convict servant of Edward Hinckley. Had
been transported for horse stealing in
England. Confessed to ax-murder of his master and the
wounding of his mistress, the latter of whom he had
thought dead and tossed into a potato cellar together
with the murder weapon. Also plundered the house. Con-
demned at April 1727 session of Virginia General Court.
John Hostock
Offence: Petty Treason
Williamsburg
27
Details: Convict servant of Edward Hinckley. Had
been transported for horse stealing in
England. Confessed to ax-murder of his master and the
wounding of his mistress, the latter of whom he had
thought dead and tossed into a potato cellar together
with the murder weapon, Also plundered the house. Con-
demned at April 1727 session of Virginia General Court.
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