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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Thomas Rutherford. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/56
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- HO 17/16/56
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 May 25
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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Rutherford.
Prisoner age: 17.
Prisoner occupation: Apprentice shopkeeper.
Court and date of trial: Essex Lent Assizes, Chelmsford, 1829.
Crime: Larceny, by embezzling articles of tea, sugar etc from his employer.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Convicted before; single'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): Charles Rutherford (father) undersigned by 12 inhabitants of Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] known to the petitioner and or the convict.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Petitioner states that the trial judge (Baron Garrow) observed that the convict had been living as apprentice with 'two of the most desperate thieves that could possibly exist' and who seduced the boys to rob and plunder their master under threats if they refused.
Additional Information: He was convicted of the offence with four others whose sentences are not given.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Bo 6
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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