[WED]An Imprisonment of 23 Years.

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>From The Taunton Courier, reprinted in The Times  1st. July 1847.
Jeffrey Harvey, a miller of Wedmore, in this county, in  February 1805,=20
mortgaged his lands for 300L. to William Barrow of Wedmore, the  clear annua=
l value=20
of the property being 80L.=20
In 1817 W. Barrow took  possession and received the rents, and Jeffrey Harve=
y=20
has not had a penny from  the property since the death of W. Barrow in 1830.=
=20
[19th Oct. 1830 aged 82  years]. On the 4th of September 1824, J. Harvey was=
=20
arrested at the suit of  W. Barrow, for 700L., for principal and interest=20
alleged to be due on the  mortgage, and was lodged in Ilchester goal. The ca=
use=20
having been tried at the  Lent Assizes in 1825 a verdict was given against H=
arvey=20
for 826L 10s., and he  has ever since been retained a prisoner, although the=
=20
judgement has never been  revived by any of the representatives of the=20
deceased plaintiff.
In Easter  Term last, Mr. Edwards benevolently moved the Queen=E2=80=99s Ben=
ch Court=20
for Harvey=E2=80=99s  discharge there being no legal detaining creditor, and=
 on the=20
25th of May the  rule for his discharge was made absolute. Thus after 23 yea=
rs=E2=80=99=20
imprisonment,  during 19 years of which he has been a recipient of the goal=20
allowance, this  unfortunate man is now at liberty! It is alleged that upon=20=
a=20
fair account, a  considerable balance would be shown to be due to Harvey fro=
m=20
the representatives  of the mortgagee, and proceedings are to be adopted=20
accordingly.
Before his  imprisonment Harvey was always a miller, occupying a windmill at=
=20
Wedmore. During  his imprisonment he acquired the art of making and mending=20
clothes. Mr. Gane,  with that kind feeling which has ever been his=20
characteristic, allowed the old  man to raise a small sum of money for the p=
urpose of=20
procuring his discharge  from prison, by making county clothes. Mr. A. Coomb=
e acted=20
gratuitously upon the  occasion, and his agent, Mr. John Gilham, of Bartlett=
=E2=80=99
s buildings, Holborn, did  the same. The public officers made no charge for=20
the rules, and it is a  remarkable feature of this case, that the late Mr.=20
Quarntock, when sheriff,  issued the warrant for the detention of the old ma=
n in=20
prison, and that the son  (the present sheriff) should have liberated him af=
ter=20
such a very long continued  imprisonment.
(Jeffrey Harvey died 10th. October 1853, aged 82 years) =20

Regards Stan Mapstone
www.mapstone.org =20

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 The Times=20
1st. July 1847. Jeffrey Harvey, a miller of Wedmore, in this county, in=20
February 1805, mortgaged his lands for 300L. to William Barrow of Wedmore, t=
he=20
clear annual value of the property being 80L. In 1817 W. Barrow took=20
possession and received the rents, and Jeffrey Harvey has not had a penny fr=
om=20
the property since the death of W. Barrow in 1830. [19th Oct. 1830 aged=20=
82=20
years]. On the 4th of September 1824, J. Harvey was arrested at the sui=
t of=20
W. Barrow, for 700L., for principal and interest alleged to be due on the=20
mortgage, and was lodged in Ilchester goal. The cause having been tried at t=
he=20
Lent Assizes in 1825 a verdict was given against Harvey for 826L 10s., and h=
e=20
has ever since been retained a prisoner, although the judgement has never be=
en=20
revived by any of the representatives of the deceased plaintiff. In Easte=
r=20
Term last, Mr. Edwards benevolently moved the Queen=E2=80=99s Bench Court fo=
r Harvey=E2=80=99s=20
discharge there being no legal detaining creditor, and on the 25th of May th=
e=20
rule for his discharge was made absolute. Thus after 23 years=E2=80=99 impri=
sonment,=20
during 19 years of which he has been a recipient of the goal allowance, this=
=20
unfortunate man is now at liberty! It is alleged that upon a fair account, a=
=20
considerable balance would be shown to be due to Harvey from the representat=
ives=20
of the mortgagee, and proceedings are to be adopted accordingly. Before h=
is=20
imprisonment Harvey was always a miller, occupying a windmill at Wedmore. Du=
ring=20
his imprisonment he acquired the art of making and mending clothes. Mr. Gane=
,=20
with that kind feeling which has ever been his characteristic, allowed the o=
ld=20
man to raise a small sum of money for the purpose of procuring his discharge=
=20
from prison, by making county clothes. Mr. A. Coombe acted gratuitously upon=
 the=20
occasion, and his agent, Mr. John Gilham, of Bartlett=E2=80=99s buildings, H=
olborn, did=20
the same. The public officers made no charge for the rules, and it is a=20
remarkable feature of this case, that the late Mr. Quarntock, when sheriff,=20
issued the warrant for the detention of the old man in prison, and that the=20=
son=20
(the present sheriff) should have liberated him after such a very long conti=
nued=20
imprisonment. (Jeffrey Harvey died 10th. October 1853, aged 82 years)=
=20
 Regards Stan Mapstone www.mapstone.org=20
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