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Prisoner name: Thomas Littlejohns. Prisoner age: 36 years. Court and date of...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/123

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Littlejohns. Prisoner age: 36 years. Court and date of... dating from 1838 Jan 6 - 1840 Nov 21 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/123

Date

1838 Jan 6 - 1840 Nov 21

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Prisoner name: Thomas Littlejohns.

Prisoner age: 36 years.

Court and date of trial: Somerset Quarter Sessions, Wells, January 1838.

Crime: Receiving stolen goods.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character believed to be good'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): 22 inhabitants of Taunton, Somerset. Joseph Bacon, smith, Taunton. 28 inhabitants of Taunton.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is of good character and has a wife and two children to support; the prisoner did not expect to profit; the sentence is severe for the crime; behaviour very good on hulk.

Other papers: Case Report from Chairman of the Sessions. Letter from [William Charles Cod], prisoner's former employer of Taunton, forwarding one of the petitions. A letter from [H] Labouchere MP forwarding one of the petitions.

Additional Information: Prisoner held on Leviathan and York convict hulks.

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Hy 28

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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