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Prisoner name: William Goode. Prisoner age: 18. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/99/161

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Goode. Prisoner age: 18. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey... dating from 1834 Jan-1834 Mar in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/99/161
Date
1834 Jan-1834 Mar
Description

Prisoner name: William Goode.

Prisoner age: 18.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions, January 1834.

Crime: Stealing annatto [seeds for culinary use] from his employers, Messrs Fullwood Brothers.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: In prison before.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): William Fullwood Brothers of 24 Somerset Place, the prisoner's employers.

Sarah Goode, the prisoner's mother.

Mary Ann Coulthard of 31 Tabernacle Row, City Road, family friend.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth; family dependent on his earnings; first offence; ill health; led astray by others; will be re-employed if released.

Additional Information: Prisoner ordered to Leviathan hulk, Portsmouth.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Ss 42
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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