Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Alexander Christie. Prisoner age: 32. Prisoner occupation: Butler....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/61
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Alexander Christie. Prisoner age: 32. Prisoner occupation: Butler.... dating from 1837 Mar 3 - 1837 June 7 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/61/61
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837 Mar 3 - 1837 June 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Alexander Christie.
Prisoner age: 32.
Prisoner occupation: Butler.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February 1837.
Crime: Bigamy.
Initial sentence: One year's imprisonment with hard labour.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Very mild punishment for bigamy.
Petitioner(s): Alexander Christie, the prisoner. 26 inhabitants of London, the prisoner's friends, and William Christie of 2 Redcroft Street, Cripplegate, the prisoner's brother.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has a most respectable character; he committed the offence 'in a moment of forgetfulness'; he has two children to support.
Other papers: Letter from Lord Garvagh, 26 Portman Square, the prisoner's former employer, testifying to his good conduct.
Additional Information: Prisoner held in Newgate gaol.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- KX2
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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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