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Prisoner name: George Frederick Hooper. Prisoner occupation: Actor. Court and date...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/81

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This record is about the Prisoner name: George Frederick Hooper. Prisoner occupation: Actor. Court and date... dating from 1833 Feb-1833 Mar in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/81
Date
1833 Feb-1833 Mar
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Prisoner name: George Frederick Hooper.

Prisoner occupation: Actor.

Court and date of trial: Devon magistrates' court, Chudleigh, 27 November 1832.

Crime: Non-payment of penalty of £50 imposed upon him for illegally causing to be represented an unlicensed drama at the Royal Clarence Theatre, Teignmouth, a burlesque entitled Hypocrisy Unmasked or Teignmouth in an Uproar on 11 October 1832.

Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): To be discharged. Remission prepared 15 March 1833.

Petitioner(s): William Dowton of Arrows Cottage, Vauxhall Walk.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Half sentence served; ill health (half starved).

Other papers: Letter from John Sweetland, Teignmouth, one of the committing magistrates, setting out case.

Report from keeper of Devon County Gaol stating that prisoner's conduct good.

Additional Information: Prisoner held in Devon House of Correction, Exeter.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sr 15
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Open Document, Open Description
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