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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): Charles Kelk. Prisoner age: 12. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/177
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- HO 17/30/177
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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): Charles Kelk.
Prisoner age: 12.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions December 1826.
Crime: Larceny, stealing two razors property of Mr Clark of the Exeter Change.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Connections respectable'.
Annotated (Outcome): Free pardon prepared April 1827.
Petitioner(s): Francis and Amelia Kelk , parents and 29 people including the jury.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Jury considered he had been coerced because of his young age and recommended mercy; many respectable tradesmen would take him into his service; parents most distressed.
Other papers: A letter from Ralph Harris, Surgeon supporting the petition as the father of Charles Kelk has died of a broken heart because of his son's sentence.
Letter from Charles Sterck Baker offering an apprenticeship for Charles Kelk.
Ralph Harris offering to take Kelk on as an apprentice and bring him up to age 21.
Note on outside by Mr Capper confirming he has seen Mr Harris who will bring him up as a chemist.
Additional Information: Convicted with Henry Pink.
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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 44
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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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