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Prisoner name: James Chapman. Prisoner age: 18. Crime: Conveying spirits into the...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/103

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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Chapman. Prisoner age: 18. Crime: Conveying spirits into the... dating from 1828 Mar 29 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/103
Date
1828 Mar 29
Description

Prisoner name: James Chapman.

Prisoner age: 18.

Crime: Conveying spirits into the Fleet prison on 28 March 1828.

Initial sentence: Committed to the Bridewell for two months with hard labour.

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner, of Stones End, Southwark [Surrey].

Grounds for clemency: Ignorant of laws about alcohol in prisons; was asked to bring some spirits into prison to celebrate a friend's release from debt; the turnkey saw him purchase the wine and arrested him on the street not in the prison which was illegal.

Other papers: Printed note to all Constables and officers of the peace for London, and the porter of the Bridewell Hospital, London, to keep Chapman and set him to hard labour.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
An 3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024804/

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