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Prisoner name(s): Emma Crisp. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Warwick...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/140

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Emma Crisp. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Warwick... dating from 1830 Oct 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/26/140
Date
1830 Oct 18
Description

Prisoner name(s): Emma Crisp.

Prisoner age: 22.

Court and date of trial: Warwick Quarter Sessions in July 1830.

Crime: Stealing butcher's meat.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character bad. Convicted before.'

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): George Mumford and Mary Mumford (prisoner's parents) of Redditch, Worcestershire.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner should be placed in the penitentiary; the prisoner's mother has been blind for the last 13 years and the prisoner is her only living daughter; a mitigation of the prisoner's sentence would comfort her aged parents.

Additional Information: The prisoner is awaiting transportation to Van Diemen's Land in Warwick gaol.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cp 40
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14456199/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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