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Prisoner name: John Sutton. Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes, Maidstone,...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/53

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Sutton. Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes, Maidstone,... dating from 1832 Mar 26 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/53
Date
1832 Mar 26
Description

Prisoner name: John Sutton.

Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes, Maidstone, March 1832.

Crime: Housebreaking in dwelling house of George Howard at Leeds, Kent, and stealing articles of wearing apparel.

Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Joseph and Ann Sutton of Maidstone, the prisoner's parents, undersigned by 23 inhabitants of Maidstone.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Respectable family; first offence; family dependent on his earnings.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sq 3
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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