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Prisoner name(s): John McNally. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/36

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): John McNally. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old... 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 17/16/36
Date
1828 Apr 22
Description

Prisoner name(s): John McNally.

Prisoner age: 16.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, April 1828.

Crime: Housebreaking.

Initial sentence: Death.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Considered at Report in Council 7 May 1828' [Nil].

Petitioner(s): John McNally (the convict) undersigned by 22 inhabitants of White Cross Street and its environs [Barbican, City of London]. A second similar application undersigned by nine inhabitants.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His youth; he was unaware of the necessity of producing character witnesses at his trial; his prosecutor recommends him to mercy; his late employer expresses a willingness to re-employ him; his first offence; his previous good character.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Bn 36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14455938/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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