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Prisoner name: Timothy Lane. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/91

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Timothy Lane. Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey... dating from 1833 Mar in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/91
Date
1833 Mar
Description

Prisoner name: Timothy Lane.

Prisoner age: 16.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, February 1833.

Crime: Stealing from the person, together with another boy.

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: In custody before.

Annotated (Outcome): Abroad.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; led astray by others; sentence severe for crime; would be re-employed if released; respectable family; first offence; illness (deaf and delicate constitution).

Other papers: Two letters from Benjamin Clark, 21 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, and T Barnes, the prisoner's former school master, testifying to his good character, with forwarding letter from M H Price, 42 Chiswell Street, Finsbury Square, recommending mitigation of sentence.

Additional Information: Prisoner held in Newgate gaol. Other boy found not guilty.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sr 25
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16470708/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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