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Prisoner name: James Woodhouse (or Francis Cocks Woodhouse). Prisoner age: 21 years....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/159

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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Woodhouse (or Francis Cocks Woodhouse). Prisoner age: 21 years.... dating from 1838 Feb in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/159

Date

1838 Feb

Description

Prisoner name: James Woodhouse (or Francis Cocks Woodhouse).

Prisoner age: 21 years.

Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court, January 1838.

Crime: Larceny, two indictments.

Initial sentence: Fourteen years transportation.

Gaoler's report: 'Character not known'.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): 16 supporters including three prosecutors. 20 supporters including friends, family and three prosecutors.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is young, from a respectable family but was lead astray by bad characters when in difficult circumstances; this is the prisoner's first offence and the sentence is severe.

Additional Information: Prisoner sent to Fortitude convict hulk.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hy 64

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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