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Transferred to PCOM 6/3
Catalogue reference: IND 1/14073
Transferred to PCOM 6/3
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Licence number 5420: Thomas Smith. Caption order and prison record from when he...
Catalogue reference: PCOM 3/50/5420
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This record is about the Licence number 5420: Thomas Smith. Caption order and prison record from when he... dating from 1856 April 8 in the series Home Office and Prison Commission: Male Licences. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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PCOM 3/50/5420
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Date (When the record was created)
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1856 April 8
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Description (What the record is about)
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Licence number 5420: Thomas Smith.
Caption order and prison record from when he was convicted of Maliciously setting fire to a stack of corn at the Central Criminal Court at London, Middlesex 17 September 1849.
Then aged 33 years and by trade a Labourer.
Sentence: 15 years transportation.
Licence granted 08 April 1856, for early release from Pentonville prison.
Comments: "Castle Eden" from Bermuda.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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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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