Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Rouse. Prisoner occupation: Paper hanger and book and stationery...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/112
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Rouse. Prisoner occupation: Paper hanger and book and stationery... dating from 1833 Mar-1833 Sep in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/99/112
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833 Mar-1833 Sep
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Prisoner name: William Rouse.
Prisoner occupation: Paper hanger and book and stationery seller.
Court and date of trial: Surrey Adjourned Quarter Sessions, Newington, December 1832.
Crime: Selling an obscene publication.
Initial sentence: 12 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Two petitions from the prisoner, the first undersigned by 37 inhabitants of Southwark and district.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Family dependent on his earnings; first offence; good character; sentence severe for crime; ill health.
Other papers: Letter from the prisoner forwarding petition and giving details of his naval service.
Letter on behalf of the Home Secretary to Commissioner of Police asking if prisoner 'keeps a shop of bad character'; with reply from Superintendent William Murray that 'all is not going on well' in premises.
Two letters from the prisoner to the Home Secretary seeking mitigation of sentence.
Additional Information: Prisoner lived in Southwark Bridge Road, St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey. Held in Horsemonger Lane gaol.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Sr 46
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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