Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Charles Jones. Prisoner age: 23. Court and date of trial: Brecon...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/52
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 May 22
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Prisoner name(s): Charles Jones.
Prisoner age: 23.
Court and date of trial: Brecon Spring Great Sessions 13 April 1829.
Crime: Burglary; entering the dwelling house of William Webb in the Parish of Talgarth, Brecon, [Powys] on 28 November 1828 with intent to commit felony.
Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character not much known. Tried before for burglary but acquitted'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil Jun 2 1829'
Petitioner(s): Elizabeth Robins alias Elizabeth Jones (mother) of Bristol [Gloucestershire], undersigned by 18 inhabitants of [Bristol]. James Hammond Knowles (a Burgess of the City of Bristol).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Led astray by bad company; his previous good character; he supports his aged mother who is married to a Chelsea out-pensioner on sixpence a day pension.
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- Bo 2
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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