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Prisoner name: Benjamin Barratt. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial: Salford...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/165

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Benjamin Barratt. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial: Salford... dating from 1828 Feb 28 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/117/165
Date
1828 Feb 28
Description

Prisoner name: Benjamin Barratt.

Prisoner age: 17.

Court and date of trial: Salford [Lancashire] Quarter Sessions January.

1828.

Crime: Stealing two shirts.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: Character from gaol bad. Twice before convicted.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil February 22 1828.

Petitioner(s): John Barratt prisoner's father.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Father served in Royal Marines for 21 years; prisoner one of 12 children and only one to become entangled with the law; distressed family particularly prisoner's mother.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xm 14
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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