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Prisoner name: Charles White. Prisoner age: 58. Prisoner occupation: Butcher of Eyre...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/183

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles White. Prisoner age: 58. Prisoner occupation: Butcher of Eyre... dating from 1828 Oct 4 - 1829 July 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/183
Date
1828 Oct 4 - 1829 July 3
Description

Prisoner name: Charles White.

Prisoner age: 58.

Prisoner occupation: Butcher of Eyre Street Hill, Holborn, Middlesex.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions January 1829.

Crime: Stealing seven pigs value £16 12s 6d, property of Sarah Colvin prosecutor, October 1828.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Suspected to have been transported before.' 'Married 5 children.'

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): The convict with eight people and a copy of the promissory note. The convict and five others including the prosecutor. Sarah Colvin, prosecutrix. The convict.

Grounds for clemency: Convict did not participate in the transaction between Sarah Colvin and Samuel Lee who gave her a promissory note to pay for the pigs; has five children whose mother died four years previously; prosecutrix admits she prosecuted the wrong man.

Other papers: Affidavit of Sarah Colvin of Lambeth, Surrey, that she would not have prosecuted Charles White if his partner Samuel Lee had not left London. Affidavit of George Stanbury. A promissory note for £15 12s 6d.

Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ao 33
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024884/

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