Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Elizabeth Driscoll. Prisoner occupation: Washerwoman. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/162
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- HO 17/30/162
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 Feb
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Elizabeth Driscoll.
Prisoner occupation: Washerwoman.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1827.
Crime: Receiving stolen goods from Isabella Kirk one watch and two silver spoons value 25 shillings, property of Robert Roberts.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Not known here.
Annotated (Outcome): Penitentiary.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner 17 people of Clerkenwell.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner a married woman with 4 children; husband Jeremiah an iron founder; honest and hardworking; pawned goods for Kirk not having any idea they were stolen; excellent conduct in prison.
Other papers: 'A respectable banker' to the Lord Mayor supporting petition.
A letter from Robert Williams supporting Driscoll's case.
Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol; Kirk also convicted and in 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 29
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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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