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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name(s): James Smith. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/80
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Smith. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old... dating from 1826 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/80
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826
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Prisoner name(s): James Smith.
Prisoner age: 16.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey October Sessions 1826.
Crime: Stealing lead from the roof of an unoccupied house belonging to Henry Abbott in Spitalfields, London.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): On board the Ganymede. 'Let him remain where he is.'
Petitioner(s): James Smith (prisoner) undersigned by 4 people including Henry Abbott (prosecutor).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has respectable connections; the prisoner's former good character and the industry of the prisoner's parents; widowed mother has three children to support; the prisoner has served over two years of his sentence; wishes to be reunited with his hard working and afflicted mother; the prisoner will be honest and industrious in the future.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Co 30
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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