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Prisoner name(s): John Dale. Court and date of trial: Quarter sessions held at...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/35

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): John Dale. Court and date of trial: Quarter sessions held at... dating from 1820 - 1821 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/30/35
Date
1820 - 1821
Description

Prisoner name(s): John Dale.

Court and date of trial: Quarter sessions held at Stafford January 1820.

Crime: Stealing a watch.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Meeting of Lords Justices 11 October 1821.

Petitioner(s): Ann Dale, widow, of Saltisford Rock, Warwick, mother; four people of Warwick.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His youth; previous good character; only one of family to have been in prison; he would make a useful member of society if released.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dh 35
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14462972/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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