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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner's name: George Topper. Prisoner's age: 34. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/18
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This record is about the Prisoner's name: George Topper. Prisoner's age: 34. Court and date of trial: Old... dating from 1830 Aug 19 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/3/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner's name: George Topper.
Prisoner's age: 34.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey May Sessions 1830.
Crime: Stealing a coat.
Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: Not known before.
Annotated: Nil, certificates returned to the prisoner's wife.
Petitioner: George Topper, the prisoner's father, stud groom at Hampton Court.
Grounds for clemency: the prisoner has a wife and 2 children under 6 years and they are expecting a third; obtained a good character serving in the 11th Light Horse; obtained a Waterloo medal and a Portugal medal; sending him abroad would be the death of his wife and mother; encloses certificates.
Additional Information: On board the Leviathan.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- AP 18
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11654752/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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