Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Edward Colston Stroud. Court and date of trial: [Not stated]. Crime:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/79
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- HO 17/101/79
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838
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Prisoner name: Edward Colston Stroud.
Court and date of trial: [Not stated].
Crime: Indecent exposure.
Initial sentence: Acquitted on the grounds of insanity. Committed March 1838 to Lewes Gaol for three months.
Annotated (Outcome): Warrant prepared for removal to Lunatic Asylum at Bethnal Green and maintenance 15 June 1838.
Other papers: Letter, 14 June 1838, from Kell & Co, Clerks to the Magistrates, Lewes, advising that Messrs Warburton & Co have agreed to receive the prisoner.
Letter, 25 May 1838, signed by Thomas Hodson and Richard Turner, surgeons at Lewes, certifying that the prisoner is insane.
Letter, 30 May 1838, from Kell & Son, transmitting certificate from two surgeons as to insanity of prisoner.
Letter, 1 June 1838, from Kell & Co acknowledging receipt of Mr Phillips' letter reporting insanity of prisoner.
Letter, 12 June 1838, from Kell & Son informing Lord John Russell of the removal of the prisoner to the Lunatic Asylum of Messrs Warburdon and Davies, Bethnal Green.
Application for removal of prisoner to Lunatic Asylum.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Sy 28
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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