Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Jose Maria Murillo. Prisoner age: 32. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/67
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- HO 17/16/67
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 June 5
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Prisoner name(s): Jose Maria Murillo.
Prisoner age: 32.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey in April 1829.
Crime: Cutting and maiming.
Initial sentence: Acquitted by virtue of insanity.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Warrant prepared for removal to Hoxton House 6 June 1829'.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Recommending removal to a lunatic asylum on the grounds that 'his previous behaviour [is] incoherent and at times violent and since he has been here, subject to paroxysms of rage and violence which render him dangerous, being easily excited'.
Other papers: [List of Criminal Lunatics] in Newgate Gaol, submitted John Wontner. Letter from Felix Booth and W J Copeland (Visiting Sheriffs) to Robert Peel (Secretary of State at the Home Department) endorsing the gaoler's report, especially as they 'fear some mischief may ensue from the present crowded state of the gaol'.
Additional Information: The convict is Spanish.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Bo 17
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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