Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): George Edwards. Prisoner age: 28. Court and date of trial: Central...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/128
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): George Edwards. Prisoner age: 28. Court and date of trial: Central... dating from 1838 Dec 12 - 1843 Oct 30 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/48/128
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838 Dec 12 - 1843 Oct 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): George Edwards.
Prisoner age: 28.
Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court [Old Bailey] November Sessions 1838.
Crime: Stealing a horse and chaise, property of Henry Pritchard.
Initial sentence: Ten years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character not known.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil; pardoned 31 October 1843.
Petitioner(s): Six petitions from the prisoner with the earliest being undersigned by the 12 members of the jury and others by 11 people.
Two petitions from George Smith (solicitor for the family).
Three petitions from Henry Pritchard (prosecutor) one of which is a copy.
Richard Baker (family friend).
J O Zillwood (rector of Compton near Winchester).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence; previous good character; respectable family; son of a clergyman; recommended for mercy by the jury and prosecutor; started training in medicine; good conduct on board Leviathan; distress of family members especially mother and elderly grandmother; sentence too severe; lawyer did not make court aware of all the facts at the trial; prisoner been ill since confinement.
Other papers: Several covering letters from George Smith.
Letter from prisoner to Robert Gibson.
Statement of facts of the case from George Smith, solicitor.
Letters from William Clarkson, barrister.
Additional Information: Prisoner on board Leviathan.
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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 29
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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