Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Marie Joseph Francois Beasse. Court and date of trial: Guernsey...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/132
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Marie Joseph Francois Beasse. Court and date of trial: Guernsey... dating from 1830 Oct 25 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/132
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Oct 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Marie Joseph Francois Beasse.
Court and date of trial: Guernsey Crown Court 16 June 1830.
Crime: Murder (Infanticide). Sarah Elliot (prisoner's servant) gave birth to a male infant at the prisoner's house 10 or 11 June 1830. The prisoner, alone or with an accomplice, killed the infant by forcing an instrument into his throat and anus.
Initial sentence: Under sentence of death at Guernsey.
Annotated (Outcome): Answer to Lieutenant Governor 27 October 1830.
Other papers: An account of the case with depositions.
A letter to/from James Carey declaring Beasse is innocent.
Copy of the Comet Newspaper dated 25 October 1830.
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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)
- Cp 32
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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