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Prisoner name: John Cavannah [Cavanah]. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/117/171

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HO 17/117/171
Date
[1828]
Description

Prisoner name: John Cavannah [Cavanah].

Prisoner age: 17.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December Sessions 1827.

Crime: Robbing a quantity of tea from John Hussey on the highway.

Initial sentence: Death.

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

Petitioner(s): John Cavannah prisoner's father and 13 signatories.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Honest and industrious; naval service; respectable connections.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Xm 20
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16698319/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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