Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Charles Foster. Court and date of trial: Coventry Lent Assizes [Warwickshire]...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/123
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles Foster. Court and date of trial: Coventry Lent Assizes [Warwickshire]... dating from 1828 Apr - 1834 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/123
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr - 1834 Apr
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Prisoner name: Charles Foster.
Court and date of trial: Coventry Lent Assizes [Warwickshire] 29 March 1828.
Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house - £14 from Mr Lapworth.
Initial sentence: [Not stated] commuted to 14 years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character good in gaol.
Annotated: Nil 7 May 1828; too early; free pardon prepared 25 April 1834.
Petitioner(s): 48 citizens of Coventry; 104 inhabitants of Coventry; 102 inhabitants of Coventry.
Grounds for clemency: Jury and prosecutor recommended mercy; first offence; irreproachable conduct hitherto; he promises to behave in future; has already spent time in gaol.
Other papers: James Crump Junior transmitting petition. Thomas B Tyler forwarding petition. List of one convict on board the York hulk at Portsmouth [Hampshire], 'has performed duty of clerk and is a deserving young man'. A letter from William Foster, the convict's father requesting information about his son. Letter from H Bulwer MP to Mr Capper asking for an answer to this letter.
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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)
- An 23
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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