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Prisoner name: Ellen Hargreaves. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/1

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Ellen Hargreaves. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes... dating from 1822 July 30 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/117/1
Date
1822 July 30
Description

Prisoner name: Ellen Hargreaves.

Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes 1822.

Crime: Grand larceny.

Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): 2 convictions for felony. 2 August 1822 Refused.

Petitioner(s): James Hargreaves prisoner's husband.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good conduct in prison; contrite; husband served in military for 23 years and suffering from ill health.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xh 1
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16698149/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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Prisoner name: Ellen Hargreaves. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes...

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