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Prisoner name: John Stapleton and Robert Spencer Stapleton. Prisoner age: Both aged...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/58

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Stapleton and Robert Spencer Stapleton. Prisoner age: Both aged... dating from 1837 - 1839 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/58

Date

1837 - 1839

Description

Prisoner name: John Stapleton and Robert Spencer Stapleton.

Prisoner age: Both aged 19 years.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, 30 January 1837.

Crime: Coining.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Characters Not Known'.

Annotated (Outcome): Removed to Penitentiary for two years. Nil.

Petitioner(s): Five petitions from the prisoners' sister Lucinda Friswell.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoners became poor and fell in to bad company; this is the prisoners' first offence and they are contrite; their health is suffering in prison; the prisoners are from a respectable family who will help them.

Other papers: Report from D Nihill, Governor, General Penitentiary that the prisoners' conduct has not been good.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hx 12

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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