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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): George Cadby. Prisoner age: 25. Prisoner occupation: Journeyman...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/118
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): George Cadby. Prisoner age: 25. Prisoner occupation: Journeyman... dating from [1838] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/48/118
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1838]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): George Cadby.
Prisoner age: 25.
Prisoner occupation: Journeyman baker.
Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court [Old Bailey] April 1838.
Crime: Bigamy.
Initial sentence: Two years imprisonment in Cold Bath Fields, Middlesex.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner undersigned by 33 people including father Joseph Cadby.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good conduct in prison; first wife abducted by her father who claimed she was underage and marriage was void; prisoner accepted this and remarried a woman who was receiving maintenance from the parish for a child by another man; payment stopped after her marriage; prisoner never deceived second wife or ruined her reputation; treated her well; did not commit bigamy for financial gain; others took advantage of good nature.
Additional Information: First wife named Elizabeth Taylor.
Second wife named Sarah Cannon.
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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)
- GZ 19
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463509/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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