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Prisoner name: Charles Crinck. Prisoner occupation: Spectacle maker. Court and date...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/13

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles Crinck. Prisoner occupation: Spectacle maker. Court and date... dating from 1836 May 10 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/13

Date

1836 May 10

Description

Prisoner name: Charles Crinck.

Prisoner occupation: Spectacle maker.

Court and date of trial: Court not stated [City of Hereford Sessions, Herefordshire] 6 April 1836.

Crime: Non-payment of £10 penalty for hawking without a licence.

Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment in Hereford City Gaol.

Annotated (Outcome): 'To de discharged'. Remission prepared 26 May 1836.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by 45 supporters from Hereford including local magistrates, forwarded in a letter from Richard Johnson, Hereford Town Clerk.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has a wife and four children to support and no means to pay the fine; this is the prisoner's first offence. The prisoner has conducted himself well in prison.

Additional Information: Prisoner is from Manchester [Lancashire].

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Hw 13

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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