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Prisoner name: Henry Fauntleroy. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/87/96
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Fauntleroy. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions... dating from 1824 Oct - 1824 Nov in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/87/96
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824 Oct - 1824 Nov
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Henry Fauntleroy.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions October 1824.
Crime: Eleven counts of uttering forged documents including a power of attorney.
Initial sentence: Death.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner; James Bolland, Joseph Hare and W Knight, assignees of bankrupt partners Marsh Stracey and Fauntleroy bankers of Berners Street [London]. Two petitions from Susanna Mary Ann Fauntleroy prisoner's wife. Two anonymous petitions.
Other papers: Letter from John Church enclosing papers prepared by the prisoner; two letter from Susanna Mary Ann Fauntleroy prisoner's wife; letter from Duke of Wellington enclosing copy of his reply to prisoner's wife; anonymous letter; counsel's argument in favour of prisoner; letter and poem by Mary Ann Lloyd; two letters from J W Parkins; opinion of 12 judges.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Qk 46
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Debt
- Literature
- Crime
- Banking
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16267937/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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