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Prisoner name: James Lomas, aged 40. Court and Date of Trial: Chester Quarter Sessions,...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/33

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This record is about the Prisoner name: James Lomas, aged 40. Court and Date of Trial: Chester Quarter Sessions,... dating from 1848 July 8 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/235/33
Date
1848 July 8
Description

Prisoner name: James Lomas, aged 40.

Court and Date of Trial: Chester Quarter Sessions, Knutsford, March 1847.

Crime: Stealing cloth.

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's Report: Convicted before.

Outcome: Nil.

Petitions and letters: Petition from the prisoner in Wakefield gaol, pleading first offence, dupe of another and ill health (rheumatism).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
235/33
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18565213/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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