Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Druitt. Prisoner age: 27. Prisoner occupation: Brazier. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/123/208
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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Druitt. Prisoner age: 27. Prisoner occupation: Brazier. Court... dating from 1832 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/123/208
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: John Druitt.
Prisoner age: 27.
Prisoner occupation: Brazier.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions 1832.
Crime: Breaking and entering the property of Elizabeth Kemp and Henry Garrington and stealing £63.
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): Law to take its course. Considered at Report in Council 30 May 1832.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 36 inhabitants of London; James Moore; prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Family dependants; tried to set up business; got involved with money lenders; sold all his good and furniture but still in debt; fell in with bad crowd; deep sorrow and contrition; honest.
Other papers: Letter from Sheriff of London forwarding statements and advising that prisoner is unknown to them; certificates of good character by William Swanton, Joseph Cox, John Arnold and Alexander Thornton; statements by Susannah Stephens and Thomas Bacon.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Yq 40
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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