Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Kent. Prisoner age: 15. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/87
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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Kent. Prisoner age: 15. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey... dating from 1833 Mar 23 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Mar 23
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Prisoner name: James Kent.
Prisoner age: 15.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, May 1832.
Crime: Stealing a suit of clothes, the property of Thomas Kent, his father.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Not known before.
Annotated (Outcome): Abroad.
Petitioner(s): Thomas Kent of Sclater Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, cooper, the prisoner's father and prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; prosecutor recommends mercy; led astray by others.
Additional Information: Prisoner held on board Euryalus hulk, Chatham.
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- Sr 21
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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