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Prisoner name: Charles Sampson. Court and date of trial: York West Riding Quarter...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/96/135

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles Sampson. Court and date of trial: York West Riding Quarter... dating from 1838 May 21 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/96/135

Date

1838 May 21

Description

Prisoner name: Charles Sampson.

Court and date of trial: York West Riding Quarter Sessions, June 1838.

Crime: Larceny.

Initial sentence: Two years imprisonment.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): George Taylor, neighbour of the prisoner, and undersigned by four others.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Ill health, unaware the item was stolen.

Other papers: Letter from Lord Morpeth forwarding the petition.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Ry 25

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Public Record(s)

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Open Document, Open Description

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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