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Prisoner name: Anthony Bernard. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/168

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Anthony Bernard. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions... dating from 1828 Feb 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/117/168
Date
1828 Feb 12
Description

Prisoner name: Anthony Bernard.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1828.

Crime: Stealing money from FJ Laine.

Initial sentence: Death.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 5 March 1828.

Petitioner(s): F J Laine and 4 signatories.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence; unware of the punishment attached to the crime as he was of foreign origin; respectable connections.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xm 17
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16698316/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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