When was it published?

January 23, 1829 in Constitutional Whig

Domestic News January 23, 1829

Constitutional Whig

Q: What keywords are associated?

Georgia, Female Prisoners, Milledgeville Penitentiary, Perjury, Forgery, Change Bills

Richmond, Virginia

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What is this article about?

A Georgia newspaper praises the morals of the state's female population, noting only two women imprisoned in Milledgeville penitentiary over eleven years. One conviction was due to perjury; the other involved aiding her husband in forging change bills during specie payment suspension.

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It is mentioned in a Georgia paper, to the credit of the morals and habits of the female part of the population of the State of Georgia, that there have been but two females imprisoned in the penitentiary at Milledgeville, since that system went into operation in that State, eleven years ago.

One of these unfortunates, as was afterwards proven, had been convicted through the perjury of a witness; and the other was but the accomplice of her husband in forging that kind of small paper currency called change bills, and which used to inundate the whole country during the suspension of specie payments.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime

What keywords are associated?

Georgia Female Prisoners Milledgeville Penitentiary Perjury Forgery Change Bills

Where did it happen?

Milledgeville, State Of Georgia

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Milledgeville, State Of Georgia

Outcome

two female imprisonments: one due to perjury, one as accomplice in forgery of change bills.

Event Details

Report from a Georgia paper states only two females imprisoned in Milledgeville penitentiary since system began eleven years ago, crediting Georgia women's morals. Details: one convicted via witness perjury; other aided husband in forging change bills during specie suspension.