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Prisoner name: Ann Saunders. Prisoner age: 28. Court and date of trial: Somerset...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/123/73

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Ann Saunders. Prisoner age: 28. Court and date of trial: Somerset... dating from 1830 Aug 4 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/123/73
Date
1830 Aug 4
Description

Prisoner name: Ann Saunders.

Prisoner age: 28.

Court and date of trial: Somerset Quarter Sessions held at Bridgwater July 1830.

Crime: Theft of various pieces of material.

Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 33 signatories.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Widowed two years ago; two infant children; carried on husband's business as a licenced hawker; given bundle to look after; previous good character.

Other papers: Letter forwarding petition from R Hart Davis MP.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Yo 23
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16850786/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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