Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Evans. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Monmouth...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/195
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Evans. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Monmouth... dating from 1829 Apr - 1829 July in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/195
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Apr - 1829 July
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Prisoner name: Thomas Evans.
Prisoner age: 21.
Court and date of trial: Monmouth Spring Great Sessions held on 11 March 1829.
Crime: Stealing two watches from a shop in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire (two indictments).
Initial sentence: 14 years' transportation (seven years on each indictment).
Gaoler's report: Former character not known - single.
Annotated: To be sent to penitentiary.
Petitioner(s): Evan Evans of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, the convict's father.
Grounds for clemency: First offence; father asks for him to be moved to the penitentiary.
Other papers: A letter from the convict to his father Evan Evans of Carmarthen asking for his sister's address in London so that she can visit him. Two letters from John Spurrell asking for mitigation so that the convict might be sent to the penitentiary. A letter from J Spurrell enclosing a character reference signed by 12 people.
Additional Information: On board Justitia hulk.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Ao 45
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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