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Prisoner name: William Hurst, Thomas Oldham and Edward Slate, apprentices. Court...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/231/21

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Hurst, Thomas Oldham and Edward Slate, apprentices. Court... dating from 1849 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/231/21

Date

1849

Description

Prisoner name: William Hurst, Thomas Oldham and Edward Slate, apprentices.

Court and Date of Trial: Committed to Salford [Lancashire] House of Correction April 1849.

Crime: Disorderly apprentices.

Initial sentence: One month's imprisonment.

Outcome: Free pardon 18 May 1849.

Petitions and letters: Letter from J [Howell], magistrate, requesting the release of the prisoners as they are anxious to return to work and their employers are keen for their return; letter from Hugh Trafford, stipendiary magistrate confirming that the signature of the committing magistrate is genuine.

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231/21

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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