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Prisoner name: Ellen Askins. Prisoner age: 36 years. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/86

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Ellen Askins. Prisoner age: 36 years. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1837 Mar - 1837 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/86

Date

1837 Mar - 1837 Apr

Description

Prisoner name: Ellen Askins.

Prisoner age: 36 years.

Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes, Liverpool [Lancashire], March 1836.

Crime: Uttering counterfeit coin.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: 'Twice before convicted of a similar offence'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Not to be sent [abroad] for such an offence'. 'To remain in Kirkdale Gaol till March 1838'. Free Pardon 28 March 1838.

Petitioner(s): Mr Horner, chaplain of Kirkdale Gaol.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has shown excellent conduct in prison; the sentence is severe; the prisoner is profoundly deaf.

Other papers: Two letters from [Lord] Skelmersdale.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Hx 40

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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