Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: George Matthews. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial: Kent Lent...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/114/81
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This record is about the Prisoner name: George Matthews. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial: Kent Lent... dating from 1833 Mar 29 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/114/81
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1833 Mar 29
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Prisoner name: George Matthews.
Prisoner age: 17.
Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes March 1833.
Crime: Stealing wearing apparel.
Initial sentence: Fourteen years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character very bad, once convicted of felony and whipped - once in prison for poaching and once for a misdemeanour, connected with the worst description of character.
Petitioner(s): George and Margaret Matthews of Maidstone, parents and fourteen people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Led astray; distressed parents; respectable family; youth.
Other papers: George Matthews transferring petition.
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Wr 16
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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