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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 name: Frederick Scammell. Prisoner age: 13. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/54/139
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Frederick Scammell. Prisoner age: 13. Court and date of trial: Old... dating from [1831] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/54/139
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1831]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Frederick Scammell.
Prisoner age: 13.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, February Sessions 1831.
Crime: Stealing five snuff boxes.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Not known here.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Rebecca Scammell, the prisoner's mother, of the parish of St Andrew Holborn, London, widow.
Grounds for clemency: The boxes were given to the convict by another boy; petitioner was unable to testify at the trial through illness; good conduct on board the convict hulk Euryalus; his youth; he is now entitled to a legacy of £10 and could therefore take an apprenticeship if liberated.
Additional Information: Petitioner has three other children.
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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)
- IQ 26
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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/C12326041/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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