Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Carmen and Joseph White. Prisoner occupation: Carmen a tailor....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/16
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Carmen and Joseph White. Prisoner occupation: Carmen a tailor.... dating from 1836 May 20 - 1836 July 7 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/16
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836 May 20 - 1836 July 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Carmen and Joseph White.
Prisoner occupation: Carmen a tailor. White a joiner.
Court and date of trial: Poole Town and County Quarter Sessions [Dorset], 8 April 1836.
Crime: (Riot and) Assault on Benjamin Inkpen, Chief Constable of Poole.
Initial sentence: Carmen: six months imprisonment. White: five months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Remission prepared for White 12 July 1836. Remission for [Carmen] 8 August 1836.
Petitioner(s): 10 jury members.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The sentence is of 'unprecedented severity' and the jury would have acquitted the prisoners but for a legal direction by the Recorder; the prisoners have already served part of their sentences.
Other papers: Letter from William Bond, [Recorder]. A further letter. Recorder's case report.
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Hw 16
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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