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Papers HO 18/225/24.
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/45
Date: [1848-1849]
Papers HO 18/225/24.
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Prisoner name: George Henry Cotton Leveridge, aged 39. Court and Date of Trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/130/27
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HO 18/130/27
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1844 May-1844 July
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Prisoner name: George Henry Cotton Leveridge, aged 39.
Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal Court, April 1844.
Crime: Stealing cloth from a warehouse.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's Report: Convicted before.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Two petitions from Betsey Leveridge of 8 Ely Place, King Edward Street, Mile End New Town, the prisoner's wife, pleading insanity, father's military service and dependent family, with supporting letter from Roger Peeke of 1 Ludgate Street, the prosecutor, and two medical certificates from Bethnal Green and Surrey County lunatic asylums, confirming prisoner's previous bouts of insanity.
Medical certificate and report from inspectors of Millbank prison confirming prisoner's sanity.
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130/27
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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