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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: Margaret Newman and Julia St Clair Newman. Prisoner age: Margaret:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/75
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Margaret Newman and Julia St Clair Newman. Prisoner age: Margaret:... dating from 1837 Mar 13 - 1838 Mar 3 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/75
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1837 Mar 13 - 1838 Mar 3
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Prisoner name: Margaret Newman and Julia St Clair Newman.
Prisoner age: Margaret: 40 years. Julia: 19 years (or 26 years).
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey February 1837.
Crime: Larceny, two indictments (originally five indictments). Victims: Mrs Rawlinson, her sister and mother.
Initial sentence: [Both prisoners] 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Characters not known'.
Annotated (Outcome): Ordered to Penitentiary on recommendation of Court. Julia St Clair Newman: 'Insane'; 'Ordered to Bethlem Hospital 26 December 1837'.
Petitioner(s): [George Ernst Birtins], Devon.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoners will be influenced by bad people if sent abroad.
Other papers: Letter from [Benjamin Harrison], Visitor to General Penitentiary forwarding papers [not included]. Letter on behalf of the Superintending Committee of the General Penitentiary regarding the mental health of Julia Newman, from William Gregson, Chairman and enclosing a Medical Certificate. Letter on behalf of the [Superintending] Committee of the General Penitentiary forwarding a Return of Incorrigible Female Convicts from C Nihill, Governor and Chaplain, Millbank Penitentiary. Letter from the [Superintending] Committee enclosing an Extract from the Governor's Journal for the transportation of Julia St Clair Newman. Letter from [George Rawlinson] against any mitigation of sentence.
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Hx 29
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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