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Prisoner name: John Coates. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey May Sessions 1826....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/87/101

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HO 17/87/101
Date
1826 May
Description

Prisoner name: John Coates.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey May Sessions 1826.

Crime: Stealing from the person.

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): John Coates, prisoner's father, of 9 Great Peter Street, Westminster [Middlesex]. Eight residents of London.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Previous good conduct; youth.

Additional Information: On board Euryalus convict hulk.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ql 4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16267942/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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