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Prisoner name: John Smith. Prisoner occupation: Baker. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/27/139

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Smith. Prisoner occupation: Baker. Court and date of trial:... dating from [1833 Jun] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/27/139
Date
[1833 Jun]
Description

Prisoner name: John Smith.

Prisoner occupation: Baker.

Court and date of trial: Surrey adjourned Quarter Sessions at Newington, May 1833.

Crime: Stealing a copper [washtub] from Frederick Tossell of Wellington Street [Lambeth, Surrey].

Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): John Smith (the convict) undersigned by Frederick Tossell prosecutor and six inhabitants of Lambeth or its environs.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good character; he has an aged mother destined for the workhouse in his absence; in custody for a considerable length of time before trial.

Additional Information: Held in the Surrey House of Correction at Brixton.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cs 23
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15108078/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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