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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): Thomas Johnson. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/176
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Thomas Johnson. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1826 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/176
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Johnson.
Prisoner age: 16.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions September 1826.
Crime: Larceny - stealing 9d in copper from a brewer's dray.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Been in custody before has behaved well since conviction'; behaviour at Euryalus good.
Annotated (Outcome): Refused.
Petitioner(s): 3 petitions from Charles Shearer, father, of Windsor Cottage, Walworth Common, Surrey.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner one of 8 children, rather wayward, got into bad company; child known as 'Thomas Johnson no 3'; father expects he will become a respectable member of society; promises to remove him from the country privately to a connection in Jamaica if released; father very respectable in the firm of Anderson and Shearer of New York and London.
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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 43
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463113/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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