Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Charles Thomas. Prisoner age: 14. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/41
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- HO 17/26/41
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Mar 13
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Charles Thomas.
Prisoner age: 14.
Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes held at Taunton in 1826.
Crime: Stealing a parcel from a coach.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Not known before. Orderly in Gaol.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Simon Thomas (prisoner's father) of Bridgwater, [Somerset].
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The petitioner's humble station prevented him from presuming to address His Majesty at the Taunton Assizes in 1826; the prisoner was not yet 12 years old when he was convicted of the offence; he was led astray; the prisoner was convicted with two older boys; the prisoner was convicted on the evidence of an accomplice who is now in prison for a capital offence; the prisoner has been two years in prisons and on board the hulks at Chatham; the prisoner will become a useful member of society as he is still young enough to learn a trade.
Additional Information: On board Euryalus.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cn 41
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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