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Prisoner name: Daniel Roach. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: [Merchant] seaman....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/75

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Daniel Roach. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: [Merchant] seaman.... dating from 1828 Apr 22 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/35/75
Date
1828 Apr 22
Description

Prisoner name: Daniel Roach.

Prisoner age: 17.

Prisoner occupation: [Merchant] seaman.

Court and date of trial: Bristol City Lent Assizes [Gloucestershire], 9 April 1828.

Crime: Highway robbery, upon Fitzgerald Tindale by robbing him of his watch.

Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to seven years transportation.

Annotated: 'Nil, May 16 1828'.

Petitioner(s): Ellen Roach (mother) of Clifton, Bristol, undersigned by Robert Allwood (curate of the parish of Clifton) and three other inhabitants.

Grounds for clemency: Previous good character; led away by bad company; heartily sorry for his crime.

Additional Information: Convicted with four others unnamed.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
En 25
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13504468/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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