Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum

Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum

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Executed for arson. Transported for asking for fair pay. Given six months hard labour for stealing clothes. 200 years of justice, injustice, crime and punishment are brought to life at Dorchester’s Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum.

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High West Street
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1UY

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