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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Joseph Gardiner (or Joseph Gardner ). Prisoner age: 14 years. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/69
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Gardiner (or Joseph Gardner ). Prisoner age: 14 years. Court... dating from 1837 Mar - 1837 July in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/69
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837 Mar - 1837 July
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Joseph Gardiner (or Joseph Gardner).
Prisoner age: 14 years.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, February (or 4 March) 1837.
Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house, £10. Victim, the prisoner's master, [J Airey], surgeon of 16 Poland Street.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Convicted before'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'. 'Bad eyes - not fit at present',
Petitioner(s): The prisoner's father William Gardner, undersigned by the prosecutor, and 16 people attesting to the good character of the petitioner. William Gardner, undersigned by the prosecutor, and 31 people attesting to the good character of the petitioner. William Gardner. Prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner did not have time to prepare a defence due to the short time between committal and trial; the prisoner is from a respectable family who feel disgraced; the prisoner is contrite and confessed to the crime.
Other papers: Letter from [Windham], Euryalus convict hulk, Chatham. Letter from [M F J Bukeley], Belgrave Square, forwarding a petition. Letter from the prosecutor.
Additional Information: Prisoner sent to Euryalus convict hulk. William Gardner of 2 Edward Street, St James, Westminster, was a sawyer with eight children.
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Hx 23
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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