LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Item
- Title
- LOCAL AND PERSONAL
- Source
- Montgomery County Sentinel (MD)
- Date
- 12/19/02
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016209/1902-12-19/ed-1/?sp=3&q=larceny&r=-0.029,0.994,0.415,0.248,0
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- Larceny
- Race of alleged offender
- Black
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Stage of the Legal System
- Sentenced to Maryland penitentiary for 10 years
- Location
- In state/ out of state, Montgomery County MD, Fairfax County VA, Washington DC
- Length of story
- 96
- Description
-
John Henry Lawson, the Washington
negro, who was convicted of grand larceny
41 November Term of Court, and was
sentenced to the Maryland penitentiary for
ten years, told Sheriff Collier on the way to
toe penitentiary the other day of the numerous crimes of which he had been guilty.
In all be acknowledged having committed
forty eight larcenies, but stated that he was
convicted but twice, once in Washington
and the other time in this county. He stated
J il toe scene* of bis wrongdoing were Fair
ax county, Va District of Columbia and
this county.
