Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): John Smith. Prisoner occupation: A marine on board the Sybille....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/137
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): John Smith. Prisoner occupation: A marine on board the Sybille.... dating from 1826 - 1827 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/137
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826 - 1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): John Smith.
Prisoner occupation: A marine on board the Sybille.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December Sessions.
Crime: Stealing a shirt.
Initial sentence: One month's imprisonment but afterwards sentenced to transportation and taken to the hulks.
Annotated (Outcome): 'John Smith who received the sentence of transportation must be pardoned on condition of the punishment really intended for him'. Free pardon prepared March 1827.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Mistaken identity.
Other papers: A letter from the Common Sergeant informing Mr Peel of the mistake concerning 2 prisoners named John Smith.
Letter from Henry Winchester, Sheriff of Newgate Gaol concerning a mistake in passing sentence on two prisoners of the name of John Smith.
A letter from Henry Hobhouse to the Recorder of London asking for Mr Peel to be given an explanation of the mistake.
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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)
- Dm 4
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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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