Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Benjamin Frost. Prisoner age: About 18. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/46
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- HO 17/30/46
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1819-1821]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Benjamin Frost.
Prisoner age: About 18.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey.
Crime: Pick pocketing (a handkerchief),
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Sarah Frost.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Petitioner hopes Lord Sidmouth will remember the case of prisoner's father who was pensioner who obtained a vacancy in Charterhouse and died there leaving 5 children; the convict (the youngest) was led into bad company; the prosecutor was not aware the sentence was so severe and is very sorry; convict sorry for what he has done; there has not been time to get up a petition; father a respectable coach maker of High Street Kensington.
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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)
- Dh 46
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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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