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Prisoner name(s): Joseph Degouy. Prisoner occupation: Valet. Court and date of...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/122

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Joseph Degouy. Prisoner occupation: Valet. Court and date of... dating from 1838 Dec 13 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/48/122
Date
1838 Dec 13
Description

Prisoner name(s): Joseph Degouy.

Prisoner occupation: Valet.

Court and date of trial: December 1838 [court details not given].

Crime: Indecent exposure in St James Park.

Initial sentence: Six weeks' imprisonment in Westminster Bridewell.

Annotated (Outcome): Remission 15 December 1838.

Petitioner(s): Prisoner's master (signature illegible).

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Just arrived in England; did not speak English; ignorant of English laws; trusted and honest servant for 16 years; his master will be leaving country soon and has pledged prisoner will not return to England.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
GZ 23
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463513/

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