1 Benjamin Drury, born about 1828, Reedness, WR Yorkshire, baptized on 28 March 1828, Whitgift, WR Yorkshire, died in 1901 (age at death: possibly 73 years old), (1861) farmer 75 acres, (1881) agricultural labourer. Parents: 2 and 3. Married in February 1854, Snaith, WR Yorkshire, to Ann Scutt, born in 1828, baptized on 24 May 1828, Whitgift, Goole, WR Yorkshire - St Mary Magdalene, died, daughter of Jonathan Scutt 1798-ca 1873 and Jane Bradley ca 1799-1846. [Note 1].
2 Anthony Drury, born about 1790, Reedness, WR Yorkshire, died about 1870, Reedness, WR Yorkshire (age at death: possibly 80 years old).
... married in April 1812, Whitgift, WR Yorkshire, to...
3 Hannah Sykes, born, Whitgift, WR Yorkshire, died in 1854, Whitgift, WR Yorkshire.
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| Sheffield Daily Telegraph Thu 04 Dec 1873. ARSON at OUSEFLEET. Benjamin Drury, 46, agricultural labourer, was indicted for maliciously setting fire to a stack of wheat, the property of Jonathan Scutt, at Ousefleet, on the 20th September last. He admitted that he committed the crime, but said he was at the time suffering from delirium. Mr. Wheelbouse, who prosecuted, stated that Ousefleet was near Goole, at the extreme corner of the West Riding, and that the prosecutor was a farmer (since dead), and the prisoner was his son-in-law. On the morning of the day mentioned he went deliberately into Mr. Scutt's stackyard and set fire to the stack. Prisoner expressed deep sorrow for what he had done, maintaining that if he had been in his right mind at the time he should not have committed the crime. The jury after an hour's deliberation, found the prisoner not guilty, on the ground of insanity, and the Judge ordered him to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. |