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Prisoner's name: Charles Clift. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey July Sessions...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/29

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This record is about the Prisoner's name: Charles Clift. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey July Sessions... dating from 1830 Sept 13 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HO 17/3/29
Date
1830 Sept 13
Description

Prisoner's name: Charles Clift.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey July Sessions 1830.

Crime: Returning from transportation.

Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.

Annotated: Originally transported for uttering forged notes in 1823; nil.

Petitioner: The convict and 2 people (Benjamin Baker gives a character reference).

Grounds for clemency: Has been honestly employed mostly in the service of his country since he returned from Sydney first as a stowaway.

Other papers: A letter from John Young, forwarding petition.

Additional Information: In Newgate prison.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
AP 29
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11654763/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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