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Prisoner name: Richard Luck. Prisoner occupation: Journeyman blacksmith. Court and...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/34

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Richard Luck. Prisoner occupation: Journeyman blacksmith. Court and... dating from 1821 June 21 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/34
Date
1821 June 21
Description

Prisoner name: Richard Luck.

Prisoner occupation: Journeyman blacksmith.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey 'last sessions' [1821].

Crime: Stealing a horse and mare, property of James Taylor of Mote Farm, [Ightham], Kent.

Initial sentence: [Not stated].

Annotated: Considered at Report in Council 30 June 1821.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner.

Grounds for clemency: Admits his guilt; family dependent on him; respectable people signed petition.

Other papers: Three character references: James Bath of Bromley, Kent; William Storer, pastrycook of Bromley; William Richardson of Farnborough [Hampshire].

Additional Information: Convicted with John Quickenden. Convict held in Newgate under sentence of death.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ah 34
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024735/

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