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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Edwards alias Edward Williams. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/54

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Thomas Edwards alias Edward Williams. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner... dating from 1829 June 28 - 1829 July 7 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/26/54
Date
1829 June 28 - 1829 July 7
Description

Prisoner name(s): Thomas Edwards alias Edward Williams.

Prisoner age: 17.

Prisoner occupation: Milkman.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey June Sessions in 1829.

Crime: Stealing from the person - the handkerchief of Robert Thomas Glynn May 1829.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Two petitions from Richard Williams (prisoner's father), a milkman, of Crown Court, Chancery Lane, [Middlesex] undersigned by 4 people.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is an honest and industrious youth; his youth; no previous crime; the prisoner only assumed an alias in order to conceal his disgrace; the prisoner has been raised in the paths of rectitude and could become a good member of society.

Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Co 4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14456113/

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