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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Jeremy Garfield. Prisoner age: 43. Prisoner occupation: Working...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/49
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Jeremy Garfield. Prisoner age: 43. Prisoner occupation: Working... dating from 1821 Sept 20 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/49
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 Sept 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Jeremy Garfield.
Prisoner age: 43.
Prisoner occupation: Working Silversmith.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey September Sessions 1821.
Crime: Having silver spoons with forged stamps in his possession in 1820.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): The convict 20 people (several connected with the charities); Laetitia Booth of Clerkenwell.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Convict gave a job of making some spoons to Francis Cook in 1820; the spoons were supplied to Messrs Levi of Bury Street, Saint Mary Axe and shortly afterwards he was arrested on a charge of forging the stamps; was advised to plead guilty; he is a widower with 5 children; he has worked hard as a Collector for two charities - the Lying-in Charity and the Bloomsbury Dispensary; good character; Garfield was under the patronage of Sir George Booth and Garfield's character was irreproachable up to this time.
Other papers: A printed leaflet dated 6 June 1815 soliciting the vote for Mr Jeremy Garfield for the office of Collector and Messenger to the Bloomsbury Dispensary.
Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Dh 49
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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