I know Jane Coughlan was convicted of burglary in London in 1797 but I can find her trial details. Can you?
There are a number of ways in which you can make your search more successful • try a keyword search as well as a name search. • widen your search – for example, try putting in just the surname or using a wider date range. • try variant spellings (particularly of names and places) or use a wildcard, as explained in the help sections of the name and keyword search pages. • try different searches – if you know the crime or the punishment and the date, a Crime, Verdict and Punishment search may return useful matches that a name search doesn’t. • use as much information as you know to identify matches – maybe you know the names of other people involved in the trial, or you know the place that the crime was committed – you can try a keyword search to see if you can identify relevant matches. If you still can’t find the relevant records, the trial may have taken place in another court, perhaps the quarter sessions (which dealt with less serious offences) or an assizes court outside London. If
