Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Scriven. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/2
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Scriven. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent... dating from [1831 Apr] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- [1831 Apr]
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Prisoner name: John Scriven.
Prisoner age: 22.
Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes, March 1831.
Crime: Robbery, namely stealing 19s 6d and other articles from the person of Benjamin Halton.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character etc not known.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Joseph and Mary Scriven of Studley, Warwickshire, the prisoner's parents, undersigned by 12 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Led astray by others; good character; first offence.
Additional Information: Prisoner held in Warwick gaol.
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- Sp 2
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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