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Prisoner name: Christopher Sewell. Court and date of trial: City of Carlisle [Cumberland]...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/112/178

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HO 17/112/178
Date
1828 Jan
Description

Prisoner name: Christopher Sewell.

Court and date of trial: City of Carlisle [Cumberland] Quarter Sessions 1828.

Crime: Stealing two geese the property of Abraham Stout.

Initial sentence: 7 years transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Not to be sent abroad. February 14 1828.

Petitioner(s): Colonel Lushington; 31 signatories.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Punishment severe; respectable.

Other papers: Letter from Colonel Lushington; report of the case from W Hodgson.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Wm 28
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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