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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: Thomas Lewis, aged 37, and Richard Owen, aged 28. Court and Date of...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848 Apr-1849 Jan
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Prisoner name: Thomas Lewis, aged 37, and Richard Owen, aged 28.
Court and Date of Trial: Montgomery Lent Assizes, Welshpool, March 1848.
Crime: Forgery of note for £17 5s - Lewis.
Housebreaking - Owen.
Initial sentence: 10 years transportation - Lewis.
Seven years transportation - Owen.
Gaoler's Report: Character good - Lewis.
Convicted before - Owen.
Outcome: Free pardon, 24 January 1849.
Petitions and letters: Petition from 195 inhabitants of Newtown, on behalf of Lewis, pleading previous good character and military service, with certificate from chaplain of Montgomery gaol, testifying to the prisoner's good conduct, and medical certificate confirming ill health.
Petition from Anthony Jaundrell of Mochdre, farmer, the prosecutor, pleading previous good character and no intention to defraud.
Petition from John Lloyd, chaplain of Montgomery gaol, on behalf of Lewis, pleading good character, prosecutor, Jaundrell, 'a drunken sot' and evidence of 'material witness' not heard, with certificate testifying to his good conduct and ill health.
Medical certificates confirming dangerous state of health of both prisoners, Richard Owen 'dying', with covering letters recommending release.
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- 235/18
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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