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Prisoner name: Joseph Allen. Court and date of trial: Warwick Summer Assizes 1826....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/102/80

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Allen. Court and date of trial: Warwick Summer Assizes 1826.... dating from 1826 Aug 28-1826 Sept 8 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/102/80
Date
1826 Aug 28-1826 Sept 8
Description

Prisoner name: Joseph Allen.

Court and date of trial: Warwick Summer Assizes 1826.

Crime: Stealing hops from a boat.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: Not known.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Mary Allen, sister of the prisoner, and undersigned by 8 others.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): First offence, good character, youth, led astray by others.

Other papers: Letter from Mary Allen, sister of the prisoner, requesting an answer to the petition and re-iterating the points of the petition.

Note stating that the prisoner is still on board the Justitia at Woolwich and will probably be sent to New South Wales on the first available ship, the next ship will sail in about a fortnight and decision is that the Secretary of State regrets he cannot interfere.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Tl 1
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16838111/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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