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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name(s): Joseph Whitehead. Prisoner age: 14. Prisoner occupation: Glass...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/146
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Joseph Whitehead. Prisoner age: 14. Prisoner occupation: Glass... dating from 1827 Jan 17 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/146
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 Jan 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Joseph Whitehead.
Prisoner age: 14.
Prisoner occupation: Glass worker at Holmes Glass Manufactory, Whitefriars.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1827.
Crime: Highway robbery of James Weston of a hat and handkerchief value 4s 6d.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 14 March 1827.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner with a character reference from John Sixsmith , employer and 15 people including the prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His youth; prisoner's mother is a widow with 5 children; his late employer would take him back; first offence; good steady character.
Additional Information: In the cells at Newgate.
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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 13
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463083/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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