Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Charles Tennant. Prisoner occupation: Employed in Saint George's...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/39
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr
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Prisoner name(s): Charles Tennant.
Prisoner occupation: Employed in Saint George's workhouse in Little Chelsea, [London].
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions in 1828.
Crime: Housebreaking. The prisoner burgled John Houisin (prosecutor) of Brompton, Middlesex.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 7 May 1828.
Petitioner(s): Charles Tennant (prisoner)and undersigned by John Rawlins of 23 Noel Street, [London];
Sarah Tennant (prisoner's mother).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The petitioner is a poor widow and the prisoner is her only child; the petitioner would have brought evidence to the trial to prove that the prisoner is deficient in his intellects; the prisoner is sincerely penitent and truly sensible of the enormity of his offence; he promises to reform his character if released.
Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cn 39
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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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