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Prisoner name: William Johnson, Elizabeth Allender, aged 30, and Ann Allender, aged...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/138

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Johnson, Elizabeth Allender, aged 30, and Ann Allender, aged... dating from 1826 Nov 10 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/117/138
Date
1826 Nov 10
Description

Prisoner name: William Johnson, Elizabeth Allender, aged 30, and Ann Allender, aged 57.

Prisoner occupation: Johnson a smith.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey September Sessions 1826.

Crime: House breaking at Harlesden Green Middlesex during the day.

Initial sentence: [Death].

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council, 23 November 1826.

Petitioner(s): William Johnson.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Convicted on evidence of pawnbroker; nothing was found on the prisoners; innocent of robbery; previous good character.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xl 37
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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