Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Ann Harris. Prisoner age: 63. Court and date of trial: Bristol Gaol...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/148
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Ann Harris. Prisoner age: 63. Court and date of trial: Bristol Gaol... dating from 1828 Apr; 1828 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/148
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr; 1828 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Ann Harris.
Prisoner age: 63.
Court and date of trial: Bristol Gaol Delivery [Gloucestershire], Lent Assizes 1828.
Crime: Bigamy.
Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment.
Annotated: 'I cannot interfere with this case'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner. Two petitions from R Hart Davies.
Grounds for clemency: Prisoner now 63 and very ill; a solicitor advised her about marrying again; prosecutor only prosecuted in hope of obtaining prisoner's property.
Other papers: Henry Smith, solicitor stating the facts of the case 'the prisoner is wholly unworthy of further mercy'. David Henderson, surgeon, certifying that Harris has a pulmonary disease and is likely to die if put in prison.
Additional Information: In Bristol Gaol.
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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 48
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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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