Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Henry Cox. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/157
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Cox. Prisoner age: 21. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions,... dating from 1834 Jan-1835 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1834 Jan-1835 Jan
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Prisoner name: Henry Cox.
Prisoner age: 21.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, January 1834.
Crime: Stealing £1 7s from James Dignam.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character etc not known. Very respectable connections.
Annotated (Outcome): Commuted to 12 months imprisonment, 1 February 1834. Remission prepared, 6 January 1835.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Judge recommended mercy; time already served.
Other papers: Memorandum from J Muirhouse, Common Serjeant, that had he been in possession of certain facts at the trial he would have sentenced the prisoner to six months imprisonment.
Letter from G L Chesterton, governor of House of Correction, Cold Bath Fields, stating terms of imprisonment for commuted sentences and confirming the prisoner's good conduct.
Additional Information: Prisoner held in Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ss 37
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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