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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Samuel Linfield [Samuel Lindfield]. Prisoner age: 52. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/93/98
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- 1829 Jan
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Prisoner name: Samuel Linfield [Samuel Lindfield].
Prisoner age: 52.
Court and date of trial: Sussex Spring Assizes March 1811.
Crime: Murder.
Initial sentence: Acquitted on the grounds of insanity. To remain in strict custody in the House of Correction at Petworth until HM's pleasure is known.
Annotated (Outcome): Warrant for his discharge prepared January 1829.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 9 certificates attached concerning conduct and mental health; Lord Egremont; prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Confined for 18 years during which time he has been quiet and well behaved and displayed no sign of 'mental derangement'; deeply contrite.
Other papers: List of Criminal Lunatics in Petworth Gaol January 1823; two copies of Sussex court records for 25 March 1811.
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- Rn 42
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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