Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Joseph Saxon. Prisoner age: 19 years. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/56
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HO 17/52/56
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1837 Feb
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Joseph Saxon.
Prisoner age: 19 years.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, January Sessions 1837.
Crime: Secreting letter containing money, a note to the value of £50 0s 0d.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character Not Known'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'To be transported for seven years according to the terms settled at the trial'. 'Sentence reduced to 7 years 27 February 1837'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner's parents Joseph Saxon and Elizabeth Saxon with four character references.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is young, from a respectable family, but was led astray by a bad woman; the prisoner made an early confession.
Other papers: Letter from [N Naterby], General Post Office, enclosing a copy letter from [H Shepperd] (or H Shepherd) Kings Counsel. Letter from H Wheatley, St James' Palace.
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Hx 10
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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