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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Hunt. Prisoner age: 23. Prisoner occupation: Painter. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/17/147
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Hunt. Prisoner age: 23. Prisoner occupation: Painter. Court... dating from 1834 Apr 29 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/17/147
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834 Apr 29
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Hunt.
Prisoner age: 23.
Prisoner occupation: Painter.
Court and date of trial: [Middlesex Sessions] 10 March 1834.
Crime: Committed as a rogue and a vagabond [found intoxicated].
Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment.
Annotated: Remission prepared 29 April 1834.
Petitioner(s): The Reverend John Ousby (Chaplain to the Middlesex House of Correction).
Grounds for clemency: His mother died on 25 April 1834 and the chaplain requests that the convict be discharged immediately in order to see his mother's body before interment; his good character; his family are respectable householders being milliners and dress-makers; the affliction and distress of the family.
Other papers: Letter from R Storr to the convict informing him of his mother's sudden death. Letter from the convict to his sisters urging them to procure his discharge and berating himself for his selfish behaviour.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Bt 31
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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