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Prisoner name(s): John Munton. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Surrey...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/111

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): John Munton. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Surrey... dating from 1825 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/30/111
Date
1825
Description

Prisoner name(s): John Munton.

Prisoner age: 21.

Court and date of trial: Surrey Summer Assizes held at Croydon 1825.

Crime: Highway robbery - stealing a silk handkerchief value 5/- from Esther Treble.

Initial sentence: Death commuted to one year in Guildford House of Correction.

Petitioner(s): Prisoner , Esther Treble, prosecutrix, John and Mary Munton parents and 21 people.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Aged parents; was drunk and fell into bad company; prosecutrix supports petition.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dl 28
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463048/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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