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Prisoner name: Joseph Thompson. Prisoner age: 28. Court and date of trial: Central...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/101/80

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Thompson. Prisoner age: 28. Court and date of trial: Central... dating from 1838-1839 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/101/80
Date
1838-1839
Description

Prisoner name: Joseph Thompson.

Prisoner age: 28.

Court and date of trial: Central Criminal Court held in May 1838.

Crime: Larceny.

Initial sentence: Acquitted on the grounds of insanity.

Annotated (Outcome): Warrant for removal to Hoxton House Lunatic Asylum and maintenance, 14 June 1838.

Other papers: Letter, 15 November 1838, from Henry Lee, Resident Surgeon at Hoxton House, certifying although his bodily and mental condition has improved, prisoner is not fit to be discharged.

Letter, 25 January 1839, certifying that prisoner appears to have recovered from his insanity and free to be returned to his friends.

Letter, 13 March 1839, confirming prisoner has perfectly recovered from his insanity and there would be no danger in his being allowed to return to this family.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Sy 29
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16646296/

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