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Prisoner name: Charles Trew, Thomas Lewis and Thomas Thomas. Prisoner age: Trew 17...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/86

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles Trew, Thomas Lewis and Thomas Thomas. Prisoner age: Trew 17... dating from 1828 Apr 25 - 1828 May 5 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/35/86
Date
1828 Apr 25 - 1828 May 5
Description

Prisoner name: Charles Trew, Thomas Lewis and Thomas Thomas.

Prisoner age: Trew 17 years; Lewis 18 years; Thomas 20 years.

Court and date of trial: Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions April 1828.

Crime: Assault, upon James Britton and his family on 10 February 1828.

Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment and each to find £10 surety for good behaviour for 12 months.

Petitioner(s): Charles Trew (the elder) (navigator), John Trew (yeoman) [uncle] and John George (Keeper of the Monmouthshire House of Correction, Usk), undersigned by 16 inhabitants of [Trevethin, Monmouthshire].

Grounds for clemency: Mistaken identity by very young witnesses and a malicious testimony by one Isaac Pinn who had previously been imprisoned for a month on a charge of stealing potatoes from the Trew family.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
En 36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13504479/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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