Augustus Levy^[1]

1859 -

• Name	Augustus Levy
  Birth	26 Mar 1859	St Pancras, London, England   [2, 3, 4]
  	Address: 44 Burton Crescent, Tavistock Square
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	7 Apr 1861	St Pancras, London, England   [5]
  	Age: 2y
  	Address: 44 Burton Court
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Court Case	22 May 1880  [6]
  	Age: 21y
  	Using the name Augustus Lawrence. Charged with stealing a cheque ?28 17s 6d
  Court Case	25 May 1880	London, England   [7]
  	Age: 21y
  	Address: Old Bailey & Newgate Prison
  	Augustus Lawrence otherwise Augustus Lawrence Levy Augustus Lawrence, John Lewis 3 Indictments for stealing orders for payment to value ?101 10s 8d His sentence was Respited but subseqently sentenced to 5 yrs Penal Servitude Judges were empowered to invite the jury to respite sentences in cases where the law was doubtful. In these instances, the case was passed on to the Twelve Judges at the newly established Court for Crown Cases Reserved. I n trials where sentences are respited you may be able to find additional information by searching for the defendant's name in later sessions.
  Prison	20 Jul 1880	Pentonville, London, England   [8]
  	Address: Pentonville Prison
  	Two pages of prisoner photographs. Augustus is on the right-hand page, middle of row 2
  Prison	28 Mar 1881	Chatham, Kent, England   [9]
  	Age: 21y
  	Address: Prison
  	Arrived at Chatham Prison from Pentonville Prison Was transferred to Portsmouth on 3rd May 1882 He had been found guilty of 'Larceny as a Servant' at the Central Criminal Court His occupation is given as Clerk Augustus Lawrence alias Augustus Lawrence Levy
  Prison	3 May 1882	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   [10]
  	Address: Prison
  	Listed as Augustus Lawence, but has the comment "as Aug Lwr Levy" He was passed on to Portland Prison on 17 Sep 1893
  Prison	23 Jul 1884	Portland, Dorset, England   [11]
  	Address: Portland Prison
  	Record of his time in prison. Was released on licence in 1884 (1 year early). Gives a good description of him.
  Court Case	21 Oct 1885	London, England   [12]
  	Address: Old Bailey
  	Forgery, 14 days hard labour
  Reference Number	BR 1299a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Person ID	I4541	Jacobs
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward Lawrence Levy,   b. 1828, City of London, England d. 20 Oct 1892, Middlesex, England (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Levy,   b. 9 Aug 1828, Surrey, England d. 16 Jul 1891, Canonbury, London, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	22 Aug 1850	London, England   [13, 14]
  	GSM 110/10 Edward and Charlotte were 1st cousins. Their mothers were sisters.
  Family ID	F1470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Child Levy
  Family ID	F2589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: 44 Burton Crescent, Tavistock Square - 26 Mar 1859 - St Pancras, London, England Census - Age: 2y,Address: 44 Burton Court - 7 Apr 1861 - St Pancras, London, England Court Case - Age: 21y,Address: Old Bailey & Newgate Prison - 25 May 1880 - London, England Prison - Address: Pentonville Prison - 20 Jul 1880 - Pentonville, London, England Prison - Age: 21y,Address: Prison - 28 Mar 1881 - Chatham, Kent, England Prison - Address: Prison - 3 May 1882 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Prison - Address: Portland Prison - 23 Jul 1884 - Portland, Dorset, England Court Case - Address: Old Bailey - 21 Oct 1885 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Prison Photo - Levy, Augustus 1880 (Single Photo) https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FCCC%2FPCOM2%2F103%2F00082&parentid=TNA%2FCCC%2F2B%2FPCOM2%2F00934295

  
  

• Notes

  In 1880 he is charged with theft of a cheque. He was using the name Augustus Lawrence He had also used the surnames Fisher and Micklethwaite

  
  

• Sources

  [S2313] Carol Freeman's Database. Record updated from... [S2308] 1861 Census - RG 9/0103 F117 P05 - Levy, Edward Lawrence, Bef Jan 2020. [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 30 Jan 2022, 1859 AMJ St Pancras 1b 34. GRO Checked [S4794] Birth Announcement - Levy, Augustus., 5 Jun 2022. [S2308] 1861 Census - RG 9/0103 F117 P05 - Levy, Edward Lawrence, Bef 6 Nov 2019. [S2667] Court Case - Levy, Augustus, 30 Jul 2011. [S4793] Old Bailey Hearing - Levy, Augustus 1880, 5 Jun 2022. [S4797] Prison Photo - Levy, Augustus 1880, 5 Jun 2020. [S4795] Prison Record - Levy, Augustus 1881, 5 Jun 2022. [S4796] Prison Record - Levy, Augustus 1882, 5 Jun 2022. [S4798] Prison Record - Levy, Augustus, 8 Jun 2022. [S4799] Register of Habitual Criminals - Levy, Augustus 1885, 8 Jun 2022. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 13 Aug 2009, 1850 JAS St Lukes 2 326. [S2120] Great Synagogue Marriage Records - Source: www.synagoguescribes.com copyright A. Shire, 12 Apr 2016, GSMa 110/101.