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Prisoner name: Mary Cunningham. Prisoner age: 50. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/63

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Mary Cunningham. Prisoner age: 50. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey... dating from [1837] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/61/63
Date
[1837]
Description

Prisoner name: Mary Cunningham.

Prisoner age: 50.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February 1837.

Crime: Larceny.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character not known.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Mary Cunningham, the prisoner, undersigned by William George Wheeler, the prosecutor.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has always supported herself; her former employers will give her a character for honesty and good conduct; her age.

Additional Information: Prisoner held in Newgate goal.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
KX4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14607019/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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