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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Lister. Prisoner age: 70. Court and date of trial: Isle...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/179

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HO 17/30/179
Date
1827
Description

Prisoner name(s): Thomas Lister.

Prisoner age: 70.

Court and date of trial: Isle of Ely Quarter Sessions held at Wisbech.

Crime: Assault on a girl of eleven years.

Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment and fine of 50s.

Annotated (Outcome): Refused.

Petitioner(s): William Townley, Rector of the Parish of Upwell.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Wife very respectable, aged 70 and will be the sufferer; the fine will mean that the mortgage is foreclosed and their land sold and they will go into the workhouse.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dm 46
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463116/

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