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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Henry Durham. Prisoner age: 21 years. Court and date of trial: Old...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/102/65
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Durham. Prisoner age: 21 years. Court and date of trial: Old... dating from 1825 Feb 18-1825 Feb 19 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/102/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825 Feb 18-1825 Feb 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Henry Durham.
Prisoner age: 21 years.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1825,
Crime: Burglary from William Fraser.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 16 February 1825. Nil.
Petitioner(s): Four petitions: from Henry Durham, the prisoner, and undersigned by the prosecutor; from Ann Durham, the prisoner's mother, and undersigned by 63 others including the prosecutrix; from 30 friends and neighbours of Ann Durham, the prisoner's mother; from Ann Durham, the prisoner's mother, and undersigned by 9 others.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Youth, first offence, led astray by others, respectable family, family dependent on his wages.
Other papers: Letter from Henry Durham begging for his life to be spared and to be sent abroad.
Letter from E J Curteis accompanying petitions and documents.
Letter from Ann Durham, the prisoner's mother, detailing her efforts to part her son from bad company but without available and requesting remittance of his sentence.
Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Tk 16
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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