Johnny Vegas – Secrets from the Clink
In a recent TV show the comedian Johnny Vegas discovered some startling news about his 4th great grandfather Philip Haynes.
The Bristol Mercury newspaper of 4th July 1835 included the local court reports and showed Philip Haynes received a sentence of 6 months imprisonment for the theft of a knife and some money from William Lasbury.
There are many William Lasbury’s in my records but I believe the victim of this crime to be William Plumley Lasbury 1797-1843