Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): John Usher. Prisoner age: 19. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/88
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- HO 17/26/88
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829
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Prisoner name(s): John Usher.
Prisoner age: 19.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions April 1829.
Crime: Stealing a handkerchief.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'In custody before.'
Annotated (Outcome): Nil 17 July 1829.
Petitioner(s): Martha Usher (mother) of 26 Gray's Inn Lane, [London] undersigned by 13 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner was a steady, sober and industrious youth; his young age; the prisoner was led astray; the petitioner has plenty of employment for him; feels confident that he will reform.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Co 38
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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