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Prisoner name: Samuel Lawrence, aged 16 or 17. Court and Date of Trial: Middlesex...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/13

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Samuel Lawrence, aged 16 or 17. Court and Date of Trial: Middlesex... dating from 1847 Dec-1848 July in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/235/13
Date
1847 Dec-1848 July
Description

Prisoner name: Samuel Lawrence, aged 16 or 17.

Court and Date of Trial: Middlesex Sessions, Clerkenwell, November 1847.

Crime: Stealing a handkerchief from a gentleman's pocket.

Initial sentence: 10 years transportation.

Gaoler's Report: Twice before convicted.

Outcome: Nil.

Petitions and letters: Two petitions from Mary Witt, first of 2 Smiths Place, Snow Hill, then of 52 Long Lane, Smithfield, the prisoner's mother, pleading innocence, led astray by 'evil companions' and previous good character, the first with certificates from James Hellins of 60 Snow Hill, boot maker, and John Davies of 35 Baltic Street, Old Street, shoemaker, the prisoner's former employers, testifying to his good conduct.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
235/13
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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