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Prisoner name: John Neumhier. Prisoner age: 19 years. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/102/50

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HO 17/102/50
Date
1822 June 23
Description

Prisoner name: John Neumhier.

Prisoner age: 19 years.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey May Sessions 1822.

Crime: Highway robbery.

Initial sentence: Death.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 22 June 1822. Rejected 25 June 1822.

Petitioner(s): John Neumhier, the prisoner, and undersigned by 32 others.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence, honest and industrious, led astray by others, jury recommended mercy, would be re-employed if released.

Other papers: Statement from previous employers of the prisoner, with four signatures, stating he would be re-employed if released.

Statement of honest industrious good character by 33 Inhabitant householders of the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch.

Statement of honest and sober good character of tradesmen and employers of the prisoner.

Card of Mr S Blackburn with illegible message on reverse.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Th 50
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16838081/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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