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Prisoner name: Michael O'Keeffe. Court and date of trial: Middlesex Sessions,...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/126

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Michael O'Keeffe. Court and date of trial: Middlesex Sessions,... dating from 1833 Feb 18 - 1833 May 28 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/27/126
Date
1833 Feb 18 - 1833 May 28
Description

Prisoner name: Michael O'Keeffe.

Court and date of trial: Middlesex Sessions, Hicks Hall, 11 April 1832.

Crime: Assault, upon John Turner.

Initial sentence: Sureties to keep the peace for two years.

Annotated (Outcome): 'After 14 months may be discharged on his own recognizance'; 'Remission prepared 8 June 1833'.

Petitioner(s): Michael O'Keeffe (the convict) two applications.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prosecutor seduced the convict's wife away from him and threatened him with imprisonment if he persisted in trying to get her back; the assault was an act of self defence when the prosecutor hit the convict during an argument; the convict has lost his business and is in ill-health.

Other papers: Certificate by G Chesterton (Governor of Middlesex House of Correction, Cold Bath Fields, Clerkenwell) that the convict has been confined therein upwards of ten months. Letter [largely illegible].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cs 10
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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