Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Alice Ann Porter. Prisoner age: 31. Prisoner occupation: Widow....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/68
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- HO 17/16/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Jun 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Alice Ann Porter.
Prisoner age: 31.
Prisoner occupation: Widow.
Court and date of trial: Nottingham Town Lent Assizes, 1829.
Crime: Receiving stolen plate.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc bad, widow, two children'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil Jun 8 [1829].
Petitioner(s): Alice Ann Porter (the convict).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): No previous charges ever laid against her; she was unaware that the plate was stolen; once she knew this, she travelled 50 miles to surrender herself; she prays that when she is transported, she may take her 11 year old son with her, as he is now living with his sick grandmother and, should the grandmother die, he will be thrown alone on the wide world.
Additional Information: Held in Nottingham Town Gaol. She makes no mention of her other child.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Bo 18
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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