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Prisoner name: Robert Gardner. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial: Oxford...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/129

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Robert Gardner. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial: Oxford... dating from 1828 Mar 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/129
Date
1828 Mar 18
Description

Prisoner name: Robert Gardner.

Prisoner age: 26.

Court and date of trial: Oxford Lent Assizes [Oxfordshire] 1828.

Crime: Larceny.

Initial sentence: 12 months' imprisonment.

Annotated: Nil 9 April 1828.

Petitioner(s): The convict and eight previous employers of Barford St John [Oxfordshire].

Grounds for clemency: He has an afflicted mother and two small brothers whom he helps support; an honest and punctual young man.

Additional Information: Held in Oxford County Gaol. [Convicted with John Gardner.].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
An 29
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024830/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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