Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): James Byford. Prisoner occupation: Ex-marine. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/101
What’s it about?
This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Byford. Prisoner occupation: Ex-marine. Court and date... dating from 1822 - 1825 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/30/101
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1822 - 1825
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Prisoner name(s): James Byford.
Prisoner occupation: Ex-marine.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey February Sessions 1822.
Crime: Robbing his employers Brooke Webb and Co, of 24s.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Let him be discharged'.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner , undersigned by Brooke Webb and Co, his employers.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; repents of his crime; satisfactory conduct as a servant in the Gaol; is now ill in the prison infirmary.
Other papers: A certificate signed by H Cotton, Ordinary for John Wontner, Keeper of Newgate as to convict's good conduct.
Letter from John Wontner about the case of Nicholas Clarke and James Byford who nearly died.
Additional Information: 'Still in Newgate'.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Dl 18
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463038/
Series information
HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,720,231 records
Within the department: HO
Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related...
19,921 records
Within the series: HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
184 records
Within the piece: HO 17/30
Petitions referenced, Dh, Dk, Dl and Dm. (Described at item level).
You are currently looking at the item: HO 17/30/101
Prisoner name(s): James Byford. Prisoner occupation: Ex-marine. Court and date...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.