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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: Abraham Isaacs alias James Butcher. Prisoner age: Under 30. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/23
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Abraham Isaacs alias James Butcher. Prisoner age: Under 30. Court... dating from 1821 Apr 19 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 Apr 19
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Prisoner name: Abraham Isaacs alias James Butcher.
Prisoner age: Under 30.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions 12 April 1821.
Crime: Felony - breaking and entering shop of Mr Bommenaer, Haberdasher of Mile End [Middlesex] on 7 March 1821.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated: Considered at Report in Council 30 June 1821.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner and 20 people of Mile End area, including the prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency: Served on HM ship Proserpine under an alias; got into bad company; spent six years in prison in France; has a wife and young family.
Other papers: There is a character reference from B Binder with whom prisoner served his apprenticeship.
Additional Information: In condemned cell in Newgate.
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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)
- Ah 23
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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