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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name: Ann Crane and Sarah Crane. Prisoner age: Ann Crane aged 10, Sarah...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/61/67
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Ann Crane and Sarah Crane. Prisoner age: Ann Crane aged 10, Sarah... dating from 1837 Apr - 1839 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/61/67
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837 Apr - 1839 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Ann Crane and Sarah Crane.
Prisoner age: Ann Crane aged 10, Sarah Crane aged 12.
Court and date of trial: Kent Quarter Sessions, Maidstone, 4 April 1837.
Crime: Stealing six cheeses.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to Penitentiary for two years, 29 April 1837. Pardon on condition of transfer to Children's Friend Society, 30 May 1839.
Petitioner(s): H Wilde, Clerk of the Peace Office, Maidstone.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoners' parents are of such abandoned character that the prosecution was undertaken with the sole intention of removing the children from their control.
Other papers: Report of D Nihill, Governor of Millbank Penitentiary, on general good conduct of prisoners and requesting that they are not returned to their father, a drunkard who compelled them to steal. Letter from J Sparke, Secretary, Children's Friend Society, 9 Throgmorton Street, admitting the two girls into the Royal Victoria Asylum for one year.
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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)
- KX8
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14607023/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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