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Prisoner name: John Stacy (or John Stacey). Prisoner occupation: Tailor. Court and...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/15

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Stacy (or John Stacey). Prisoner occupation: Tailor. Court and... 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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HO 17/99/15
Date
1831 Apr
Description

Prisoner name: John Stacy (or John Stacey).

Prisoner occupation: Tailor.

Court and date of trial: Middlesex Magistrates' Court, March 1831.

Crime: Rogue and vagabond.

Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by Arnold and Dent, Cecil Street, the prosecutors, and three other people.

Arnold and Dent, 84 Strand, the prosecutors.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; prosecutors recommend mercy.

Additional Information: Prisoner lived in New Kent Road. Held in Middlesex House of Correction, Cold Bath Fields.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sp 15
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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