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Prisoner name: Henry Whittenbury. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/45

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Whittenbury. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February... dating from [1831 Mar] - 1831 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/45
Date
[1831 Mar] - 1831 May
Description

Prisoner name: Henry Whittenbury.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February 1831.

Crime: Burglary.

Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 13 April 1831. Nil.

Petitioner(s): Samuel Umfreville of 3 Duke Street, Bethnal Green, the prosecutor, and 21 inhabitants of Marylebone and district.

Samuel Unfreville and three others.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Illness (scrofula and loss of leg); respectable family; prosecutor recommends mercy; good character.

Additional Information: Prisoner held in Newgate gaol then on board Leviathan hulk, Portsmouth.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sp 45
Legal status
Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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