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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: John Langley. Court and Date of Trial: Somerset Quarter Sessions,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/23
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- HO 18/235/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848 May-1848 June
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Prisoner name: John Langley.
Court and Date of Trial: Somerset Quarter Sessions, Wells, January 1848.
Crime: Stealing coal, the property of Charles Mitchell of Bruton, esquire.
Initial sentence: Two years imprisonment.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Petition from 12 inhabitants of Holcombe and Stoke Lane, pleading previous good character, respectable family and youth, undersigned by Charles Mitchell, the prosecutor, with covering letter.
Report from chairman of Quarter Sessions, finding no grounds for mitigation, and opining that prisoner's residence, Stoke Lane, 'notorious as the resort of thieves', with further letter stating that prisoner 'a bad character'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 235/23
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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