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1819: William Franklin

Object number: 2008.0039.0033

1819: William Franklin

Object number: 2008.0039.0033

William Franklin, 17, was tried for breaking and entering into a house in Bethnal Green and the theft of a watch. Both he and his accomplice Samuel Stanton, 17, were found guilty of stealing but not of breaking and entering. They were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at Newgate Prison from 23 June 1819. Both were whipped as part of their punishment.

Diameter: 36mm, thickness: 3mm

Front:

Token engraved with seven lines of text:

WM
FRANKLIN
COMMITTED
TO
NEWGATE
JUNE 23
1819

Back:

Head of a George III penny.

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