Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Charles Gilbert. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/47
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- HO 17/30/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 July 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Charles Gilbert.
Prisoner age: 26.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey July Sessions 1821.
Crime: Highway Robbery - knocking down and robbing William Moor of 28 shillings.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 17 September 1821.
Petitioner(s): Susanah Farguson, aunt; William Moor, prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner endured great hardship in France after being captured in 1810; served on several ships; returned to England and with his father and friends dead and fell into bad company; he was drunk and does not remember committing the crime; the prosecutor recommends him to mercy.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Dh 47
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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