Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Henry Foster. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial: Kent...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/132
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Henry Foster. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial: Kent... dating from 1838 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/48/132
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Henry Foster.
Prisoner age: 20.
Court and date of trial: Kent Quarter Sessions Maidstone July 1838.
Crime: Robbing a clergyman.
Initial sentence: Ten years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Twice before convicted of misdemeanours; sailed for New South Wales.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Robert Foster (prisoner's father).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Claimed after trial that sentence altered to 15 years transportation when prisoner no longer present; this is illegal; should be investigated so prisoner benefits.
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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 33
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- Public Record(s)
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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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