Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Thompson. Prisoner age: 30. Prisoner occupation: Silk weaver....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/23
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- 1831 Mar
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Prisoner name: John Thompson.
Prisoner age: 30.
Prisoner occupation: Silk weaver.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February 1831.
Crime: Housebreaking.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner, undersigned by Harriot Dee, the prosecutrix, and 12 people.
Harriot Dee and Caroline Inggall of 3 Mary Ann Place, Finsbury Market, Middlesex, dress makers, the prosecutrices.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; first offence; family dependent on his wages; prosecutrices recommend mercy.
Other papers: Letter from George Archer, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, forwarding petitions.
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- Sp 23
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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