Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Frederick Elmer, convicted as Frederick Armond (or Frederick Almond)....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/85
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HO 17/52/85
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Frederick Elmer, convicted as Frederick Armond (or Frederick Almond).
Prisoner age: 28 years.
Court and date of trial: Warwick County Lent Assizes, March 1837.
Crime: Forgery. Forging and uttering a £20 note. Victims, James Beck manager of Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, and George Perton [jeweller].
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character not known. Respectable connexions'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by 34 supporters.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prosecution witness is unreliable and the prosecution case is incorrect.
Additional Information: Prisoner sent to Fortitude convict hulk. Prisoner tried with George Williams.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Hx 39
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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