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Prisoner name: Charles Tandy. Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes 1824....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/102/59

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Charles Tandy. Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes 1824.... dating from 1824 Apr 27-1827 Sept 22 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/102/59
Date
1824 Apr 27-1827 Sept 22
Description

Prisoner name: Charles Tandy.

Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes 1824.

Crime: Larceny.

Initial sentence: Transportation for 7 years.

Gaoler's report: Behaviour on board the Discovery - very good.

Annotated (Outcome): Granted 25 September 1827, free pardon prepared September 1827.

Petitioner(s): Three petitions. First petition from Thomas Atwood requesting transfer to the Penitentiary. Second petition from Thomas Attwood. Third petition from Thomas Attwood sent when the prisoner had served half his sentence.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Respectable family, first offence, only child.

Other papers: Letter, in response to second petition, to Thomas Attwood stating he cannot at this time recommend the prisoner for mitigation of his sentence but if he continues well, Mr Peel will reconsider his case when he has served half of his sentence.

Additional Information: Initially on board the hulks at Woolwich, then on board Discovery at Deptford.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Tk 10
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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