The day before Thanksgiving, I received two documents from the National Archive of Norway. They are the act of the Supreme Court, 23 April 1841, sentencing Anne Larsdatter to 8 months in Oslo prison, where Ole Larson would be born on 10 December of that year. My friend Berit Carlsen has translated one of them for me; the other is hand-written and will take longer to transcribe and translate. In a nutshell, she was convicted of stealing food (no surprise) in March, 1840 (over a year before this sentence), first by the local authority in Christians Amt (now known as Oppland Fylke [county]). The conviction was upheld on appeal by a diocesan “higher court,” then finally in this act by the Supreme Court. I will try to get the lower court documents, but it will not be as easy. They are housed in “regional state archives,” which are not as well-staffed as the National Archive. It may be necessary for someone to visit these archives in person to copy the documents.
Hi George, saw your question on the DIS chat this evening. Will try to look at the sentencing-letter tomorrow night.. Really nice website that you have created here.. Will check back later on as i liked the design of it.. But for now it is bedtime for me.