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Prisoner name: James Abberfield (or James Haberfield ). Prisoner age: 17 years. Court...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/93

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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Abberfield (or James Haberfield ). Prisoner age: 17 years. Court... dating from 1837 May 16 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/93

Date

1837 May 16

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Prisoner name: James Abberfield (or James Haberfield).

Prisoner age: 17 years.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey 12 May 1837.

Crime: Larceny. Stealing 2 ¼ yards of cloth.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'In prison before'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner's father Thomas Haberfield of 6 Bedford Place, Fitzroy Place, St Pancras. The prosecutors [J Price] and [Speyer] undersigned by 15 local people, with a character reference.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner was unemployed and fell in to bad company; the prisoner is of previous good character from a respectable family; the prisoner's widowed father is distressed.

Additional Information: Prisoner sent to York convict hulk.

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Hx 47

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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