Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Higgins. Prisoner age: 14 or 15. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/27
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Higgins. Prisoner age: 14 or 15. Court and date of trial: Old... dating from 1836 Apr 14 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/61/27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836 Apr 14
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Higgins.
Prisoner age: 14 or 15.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, April 1836.
Crime: Burglary in house of Robert Tunbridge.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to one year's imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 11 May 1836.
Petitioner(s): Eliza Higgins of 46 Baker Street, Bedford Square, Commercial Road, Middlesex, widow, the prisoner's mother, undersigned by Robert Tunbridge, the prosecutor, and 27 inhabitants of Commercial Road and neighbourhood.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is very young; he is of previous good character; he was led into the crime by another person; the prosecutor requests mercy.
Other papers: Covering letter for petition from Eliza Higgins.
Additional information: Crime committed with John Smith and Daniel Stone.
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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)
- KW27
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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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