Item
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: James Nassau Hyde aged 21 clerk in the Letter Office London. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/231/23
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HO 18/231/23
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1849
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Prisoner name: James Nassau Hyde aged 21 clerk in the Letter Office London.
Court and Date of Trial: Central Criminal Court April 1847.
Crime: Stealing letters.
Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.
Gaoler's Report: Character not known.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Petition by 37 inhabitants of Galway Ireland pleading prisoner's youth, previous good character, respectable connections and asking for a mitigation of the sentence; letter from G [Fitznald], magistrate, confirming the respectability of the prisoner's father and good character and asking for a mitigation of the sentence; letter from Mr Reynolds requesting a personal interview with Sir George Grey, Home Secretary, and noting the respectability of the signatories to the petition.
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231/23
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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