Vagrants Sentenced to Labor on the Sevastopol Fortifications, 1839.
(From Vilenskiya Gubernskiya Vedomosti, No. 33, 19 April,
1839.) Section IV – Announcements (page
122).
4.
The Vilna Provincial Administration announces
that:
Ivan Yevdokimov, not knowing his place of residence nor the social
class and status to which he belongs, has been judged by the Vilna District
Court for vagrancy, and subsequent to the Provincial Governor’s confirmation
of this verdict—has been punished by six blows with the lash and sent
to work on the Sevastopol fortifications. This Yevdokimov is 5 feet 3-1/2
inches tall, has a round face, long nose, light-brown eyes, dark hair, and
is 25 years
old.
Anton Semenov, having falsely indicated
his residence as Moscow Province, Moscow District, Kaskevich’s estate,
and as belonging to the landowner Yankevich, has been judged by the Oshmany
District Court, and subsequent to the Provincial Governor’s confirmation
of this verdict—has been punished by ten blows and sent to work on the
Sevastopol fortifications. This Semenov is 5 feet 3-3/4 inches tall, has
a round face, gray eyes, regular nose, dark-brown hair, and is 38 years
old.
The Vilna Provincial Administration
makes these announcements for the information of owners or communities to
which these vagrants may belong.
Translated by Mark Conrad, 2000. Similar announcements appeared in other
1839 issues of Vilenskiya Gubernskiya Vedomosti in regard to Antonii
Kravchunas, Afrem Ivanov, Yashko Sirdorov Borisov, Ivan Balagan or Kolnykov,
Izidor Yanushis, and Vasilii Yershov