Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Hitchens or Thomas Hitchings. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/200
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Hitchens or Thomas Hitchings. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date... dating from 1829 May 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/200
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 May 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Hitchens or Thomas Hitchings.
Prisoner age: 17.
Court and date of trial: Sussex Lent Assizes 1829.
Crime: Assault with intent to rob Polly Jasper of Brighton [Sussex].
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc bad - before convicted of burglary - single.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): The convict and 19 people of Brighton including the prosecutrix.
Grounds for clemency: His youth; has an aged mother; convict is very sorry for his misconduct and promises to behave in future.
Additional information: Convict held on the hulk Leviathan.
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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)
- Ao 50
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024901/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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