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Prisoner name: Samuel Dutton. Prisoner age: 16 years. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/44

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Samuel Dutton. Prisoner age: 16 years. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1836 May 20 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/44

Date

1836 May 20

Description

Prisoner name: Samuel Dutton.

Prisoner age: 16 years.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey May Sessions, 1836.

Crime: Housebreaking. Stealing wearing apparel.

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character not known'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner's parents George Dutton and Sarah Dutton, 2 Maidstone Street, Goldsmith's Row, Hackney Road, undersigned by three others including the prosecutor [Thomas Sapsworth].

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): This is the prisoner's first offence; prisoner was distressed and led astray by bad unknown characters.

Additional Information: 'Ordered to the York' convict hulk.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hw 44

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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