It is important that we honour the people along with the building. Our research team has been researching people’s stories up until 1920, and these can be found in the Gaol’s guided tours and here on our website.
Name inc aliases:
Amy Maud Bock (aka Beck, Bennet, Christofferson, Channel, Moreton, Shannon, Skevington, Vallance, Percy Redwood etc)Native Place:
Hobart, TasmaniaOffence:
Forgery, Uttering, False Pretences and making a false statement under the Marriage Act 1908Sentence:
Two years on each charge and declared an habitual criminalIn a ‘sequestered spot’ at Powder Creek, Silverstream, near Whare Flat one evening in April 1889, Murdoch McLeod and Alexander McGregor were quietly minding their own business when, acting on a tip-off, the police turned up unexpectedly and found their illicit whisky still hidden in the undergrowth.
Name inc aliases:
Murdoch McLeod
Native Place:
Scotland
Offence:
Illicit distillation
Sentence:
Fined £100, or three months
Name inc aliases:
Thomas GleesonNative Place:
New ZealandOffence:
BurglarySentence:
Six YearsName inc aliases:
Ching ChoyNative Place:
ChinaOffence:
Unlawful woundingSentence:
6 months
Name inc aliases:
Sarah FogoNative Place:
EnglandOffence:
MurderSentence:
To be hangedName inc aliases:
Eleanor AlmquistOffence:
Default of MaintenanceSentence:
48 hoursJames M’Guire was a 22-year-old labourer who’d had a few drinks one evening in April 1897. He was hanging about the corner of Princes Street and Andersons Bay Road with a few friends about half-past ten and behaving badly.
Name inc aliases:
James M’Guire or McGuire alias Thompson
Native Place
New Zealand
Offence:
Obscene language (also drunk & disorderly and resisting arrest)
Sentence:
Four months’ imprisonmentn
Name inc aliases:
Thomas Chatterley alias Wilson & Cissy PhillipsNative Place
EnglandOffence:
Brothel keepingSentence:
Three months’ imprisonment (Thomas Chatterley)Most of Agnes Inkster’s adult life was spent in and out of prison serving short sentences, usually for minor acts of violence while drunk.
Name inc aliases:
Agnes Inkser
Native Place
Scotland, Shetland
Offence:
Drunk
Sentence:
Numerous sentences of approx. 7-14 days Hard Labour
Name inc aliases:
Annie PiletNative Place
County Galway, IrelandOffence:
DrunkSentence:
Numerous sentencesName inc aliases:
Louis GodfreyNative Place
London, EnglandOffence:
Idle and disorderlySentence:
12 monthsHard Labour
Prisoners in Victorian times, both men and women, spent most of their time working. The prison was expected to be self-supporting financially so the prisoners were put to work.
The Daily Grind
In this prison, from 1904 the regime was a little easier. The prisoners were woken at 6.45am and a muster was taken. Breakfast was served in the cells ay 7am, followed by a general parade and the prisoners were searched.