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Prisoner name: John Musgrave. Court and date of trial: 'Sitting Magistrate' at [court...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/52/209

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Musgrave. Court and date of trial: 'Sitting Magistrate' at [court... dating from 1838 Dec 29 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/52/209

Date

1838 Dec 29

Description

Prisoner name: John Musgrave.

Court and date of trial: 'Sitting Magistrate' at [court not stated, Middlesex] on 19 December 1838.

Crime: Rogue and vagabond.

Initial sentence: Three months in Middlesex House of Correction.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Nil'.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner's mother Mary Musgrave, 3 St George's Place, Pimlico.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is of previous good character and 'accidentally' met two bad men; the prisoner's friends and family did not know of his trial until afterwards so could not give character references at the time; the prisoner will lose his employment, his health and his reputation.

Other papers: Home Office case note.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Hz 47

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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