Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Johnson. Court and date of trial: Stafford Summer Assizes [Staffordshire]...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/54
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Johnson. Court and date of trial: Stafford Summer Assizes [Staffordshire]... dating from 1826 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/54
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: James Johnson.
Court and date of trial: Stafford Summer Assizes [Staffordshire] 1826.
Crime: Burglary.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Unknown before.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Sarah Johnson, the convict's mother, and Mary Johnson, the convict's wife, and 18 gentlemen of the Potteries.
Grounds for clemency: Mother a widow who has worked hard to support her family of four children and is shattered; the convict committed the only crime in the family; the convict has a wife and son.
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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)
- Am 4
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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/C13024755/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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