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Licence number 2421: John Obern. Convicted of Stealing from the person at the Quarter...

Catalogue reference: PCOM 3/24/2421

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This record is about the Licence number 2421: John Obern. Convicted of Stealing from the person at the Quarter... dating from 1855 February 12 in the series Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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PCOM 3/24/2421

Date

1855 February 12

Description

Licence number 2421: John Obern.

Convicted of Stealing from the person at the Quarter Sessions at Clerkenwell Green, Middlesex, 29 September 1851.

Then aged 18 years and by trade a Groom.

Sentence: 7 years' Transportation.

Licence granted: 12 February 1855, for early release from Portland prison.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

Language

English

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Open Document, Open Description

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PCOM 3

Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: PCOM

Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department

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Within the series: PCOM 3

Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences

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Within the piece: PCOM 3/24

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Licence number 2421: John Obern. Convicted of Stealing from the person at the Quarter...

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