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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Griffiths. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/48/136

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Thomas Griffiths. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1838 Dec 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/48/136
Date
1838 Dec 3
Description

Prisoner name(s): Thomas Griffiths.

Prisoner age: 22.

Court and date of trial: Worcester [Worcestershire] Summer Assizes July 1838.

Crime: Stealing a pony, property of William Attwood.

Initial sentence: Ten years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character not known.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): 15 people including prosecutor.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; respectable honest parents; distress of elderly parents.

Additional Information: Prisoner on board Ganymede.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
GZ 37
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463527/

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