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Prisoner name: Robert Jones, aged 56. Court and Date of Trial: Montgomery Quarter...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/9

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Robert Jones, aged 56. Court and Date of Trial: Montgomery Quarter... dating from 1849 Aug in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/235/9
Date
1849 Aug
Description

Prisoner name: Robert Jones, aged 56.

Court and Date of Trial: Montgomery Quarter Sessions, Newtown, April 1849.

Crime: Horse stealing.

Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment.

Outcome: Free pardon, 30 August 1849.

Petitions and letters: Medical certificate from surgeon of Montgomery gaol confirming the prisoner's illness (dropsy), with covering letter from visiting justice recommending mitigation on grounds of ill health and good conduct.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
235/9
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18565189/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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