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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Allen. Prisoner age: 21. Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/129

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HO 17/26/129
Date
1830.
Description

Prisoner name(s): Thomas Allen.

Prisoner age: 21.

Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey September Sessions 1830.

Crime: Housebreaking. The prisoner broke into the house of Joseph Hobson at 2 Kingsland Road, [London] and stole wearing apparel and other articles.

Initial sentence: [Death] sentence commuted to seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Not stated.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 5 November 1830.

Petitioner(s): Thomas Allen (prisoner) undersigned by 17 people including Joseph Hobson (prosecutor).

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's family are very respectable; no previous offence; the prisoner's irreproachable character for honesty and sobriety; the stolen articles were not removed from the premises; the prosecutor recommends the prisoner for mercy; the prisoner is likely to become a reformed member of society through steady, honest and industrious conduct.

Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cp 29
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14456188/

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