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Prisoner name: Joseph Leonard Lewis, aged 21. Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/24

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Leonard Lewis, aged 21. Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal... dating from 1848 June 7 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/235/24
Date
1848 June 7
Description

Prisoner name: Joseph Leonard Lewis, aged 21.

Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal Court, May 1848.

Crime: Stealing a purse containing £1 5s from lady on river steam boat.

Initial sentence: 10 years transportation.

Gaoler's Report: In prison before.

Outcome: Nil.

Petitions and letters: Petition from Charles Carter Lewis of Five Bell Tavern, Queen Street, Gravesend, the prisoner's brother, pleading insufficient evidence and respectable family.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
235/24
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18565204/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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