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Prisoner name: John Hart. Court and date of trial: [Court not stated, Norfolk] 28...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/172

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Hart. Court and date of trial: [Court not stated, Norfolk] 28... dating from 1838 Dec 25 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/172

Date

1838 Dec 25

Description

Prisoner name: John Hart.

Court and date of trial: [Court not stated, Norfolk] 28 September 1838.

Crime: Leaving his family chargeable to the parish.

Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment in Norfolk County Gaol.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Remission and answered 26 December 1838'.

Petitioner(s): Rector [Temple Frere], Raydon near Diss, Norfolk, on behalf of the committing magistrates and [overseers].

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's father is gravely ill.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hz 10

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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