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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: Charles Turner. Prisoner age: 19. Prisoner occupation: Footman. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/29
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1831 Mar
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Prisoner name: Charles Turner.
Prisoner age: 19.
Prisoner occupation: Footman.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February 1831.
Crime: Stealing six silver spoons and six silver forks in the dwelling house of Henry St George Tucker, esquire.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 13 April 1831. Abroad.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner.
Jonathan Turner of 1 Bryanston Square, the prisoner's father.
Robert and John Gunter of 7 Berkeley Square, the prisoner's former employers.
Henry St George Tucker of 3 Upper Portland Place, the prosecutor.
Sophia Stuby of 12 Old Burlington Street, the prisoner's former employer.
A Moore of 31 Milk Street, the prisoner's former employer.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Respectable family; good character; jury and prosecutor recommend mercy; first offence; would be re-employed if released.
Other papers: Letter from William Newton of St Paul's Churchyard, the prisoner's former employer, testifying to his good character.
Additional Information: Prisoner held in Newgate gaol then in General Penitentiary.
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- Sp 29
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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