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Prisoner name: Abraham Lazarus, aged 27. Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/235/34

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Abraham Lazarus, aged 27. Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal... dating from 1848 July-1849 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/235/34
Date
1848 July-1849 Jan
Description

Prisoner name: Abraham Lazarus, aged 27.

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

Crime: Preventing Anne Davis from giving evidence at trial of Philip Magnus for felony.

Initial sentence: Two months imprisonment and £25 fine.

Outcome: 'Discharge after six months have expired'.

Petitions and letters: Two petitions from Esther Lazarus of 14 Tenter Street, Spitalfields, widow, the prisoner's mother, pleading inability to pay fine and dependent family, the second undersigned by five inhabitants of Spitalfields and district.

Two petitions from the prisoner in Newgate gaol, pleading poverty, dependent family, ignorance of law, previous good character and first offence.

Report from judge recommending six months imprisonment if fine remitted.

Letter from Treasury remitting fine.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
235/34
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18565214/

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