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Prisoner name: George Fielder. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/102/66

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This record is about the Prisoner name: George Fielder. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions... dating from 1825 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/102/66
Date
1825
Description

Prisoner name: George Fielder.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey January Sessions 1825.

Crime: Burglary.

Initial sentence: Death.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at Report in Council 16 February 1825.

Petitioner(s): Two petitions. First petition from William and Mary Fielder, parents of the prisoner, and undersigned by 13 others, including the prosecutor.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence, from honest and industrious family. Second petition from William and Mary Fielder and undersigned by 12 others, explaining that their son could not be guilty of the offence and had been convicted on the testimony of two eleven year old children.

Additional Information: In Newgate Prison.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Tk 17
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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