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Prisoner name: John Hallam. Prisoner occupation: Former apprentice in rubber factory....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/26

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Hallam. Prisoner occupation: Former apprentice in rubber factory.... dating from 1836 Oct 17 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/61/26
Date
1836 Oct 17
Description

Prisoner name: John Hallam.

Prisoner occupation: Former apprentice in rubber factory.

Court and date of trial: Coventry Lent Assizes [Warwickshire], March 1836.

Crime: Burglary and stealing a waistcoat piece.

Initial sentence: Death, commuted to six months imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): 68 inhabitants of Coventry and William Vallance, warehouseman in rubber factory, testifying to the prisoner's good conduct.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner was orphaned at the age of seven and brought up in workhouse; he maintained his good character during his apprenticeship; his former employer will take him back; he has been in prison for seven months.

Other papers: Letter from William Williams, Cheltenham, drawing attention to fact that prisoner has served six months.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
KW26
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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