Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Elizabeth Hodges. Prisoner age: 21 years. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/103
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Elizabeth Hodges. Prisoner age: 21 years. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1838 - 1839 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/52/103
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838 - 1839
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Elizabeth Hodges.
Prisoner age: 21 years.
Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court, 29 January 1838.
Crime: Murder. Victim: female infant Sarah Hodges.
Initial sentence: Found not guilty on the grounds of temporary insanity.
Annotated (Outcome): 'To be kept in Bethlam Hospital till ascertained to be perfectly sane'. 'Warrant prepared for removal to Bethlam Hospital 10 February 1838'. 'Warrant of discharge and answered 15 February 1839.'
Petitioner(s): The prisoner and Richard John Hodge, her husband of 21 Ivy Lane, City of London. Richard John Hodges undersigned by 17 local people including [Thomas Killy], Alderman and a supporting letter attached from [W G Humphreys], 119 Newgate Street.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner was weak with a bad state of mental and physical health at the time of the crime, due to 'milk fever'; the prisoner has a husband and other child and is capable of tenderness.
Additional Information: The prisoner was removed to the Giltspur Street Compter after her trial, and then to Bethlem Hospital. The prisoner's husband was a butcher.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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Hy 8
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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