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Prisoner name: Henry Antoney. Prisoner age: 14 years. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/134

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Antoney. Prisoner age: 14 years. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1838 Jan 15 - 1838 Mar 19 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/134

Date

1838 Jan 15 - 1838 Mar 19

Description

Prisoner name: Henry Antoney.

Prisoner age: 14 years.

Court and date of trial: Bristol Quarter Sessions, 12 January 1838.

Crime: Larceny. Stealing a [metal] teaspoon, value 1d.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character Bad. Convicted before'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): Three petitions from Mary Antoney, prisoner's mother of St Pauls, Bristol, one undersigned by four supporters and another by [Mary Ann Foot], prosecutrix.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner is young from respectable family; prisoner's mother is a distressed widow with three children.

Additional Information: Prisoner held on Justitia convict hulk.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hy 39

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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