Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Catherine Donovan, Jane Davis, Ann Lynch and Mary O'Connor. Prisoner...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/127
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Catherine Donovan, Jane Davis, Ann Lynch and Mary O'Connor. Prisoner... dating from 1839 Jan 24 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/48/127
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839 Jan 24
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Catherine Donovan, Jane Davis, Ann Lynch and Mary O'Connor.
Prisoner age: Catherine Donovan aged 9, Jane Davis aged 14, Ann Lynch aged 13 and Mary O'Connor aged 12.
Court and date of trial: Donovan tried at Central Criminal Court [Old Bailey] December 1838.
Davis and Lynch tried at Middlesex Sessions October 1838.
O'Connor tried before William Hoskins on 14 December 1838.
Crime: Donovan: felony.
Davis and Lynch: larceny.
O'Connor: unlawful possession of a pewter pot.
Initial sentence: Donovan: 6 months imprisonment.
Davis: 6 month imprisonment.
Lynch: 5 months imprisonment.
O'Connor: 2 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Pardoned 25 January 1839 on account of being transferred to the Children's Friend Society.
Petitioner(s): [Not stated].
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): [Not stated].
Additional Information: All prisoners confined in House of Correction Cold Bath Fields.
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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 28
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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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