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Prisoner name(s): Alexander Barber. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/131

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Alexander Barber. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1830 Nov 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/26/131
Date
1830 Nov 3
Description

Prisoner name(s): Alexander Barber.

Prisoner age: 26.

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

Crime: Stealing four pairs of shoe lasts valued at 10/-from his master in London.

Initial sentence: Fourteen years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Not known here.'

Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to the Ganymede Hulk at Woolwich.

Petitioner(s): L B Moutardier of Lulworth Castle.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner comes from a respectable family; the sentence was particularly severe; others in the same circumstances have received a mitigation of their punishment.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cp 31
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14456190/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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