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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: Reverend Herbert Smith. Court and Date of Trial: Committed 6 August...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/251/15
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- HO 18/251/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Reverend Herbert Smith.
Court and Date of Trial: Committed 6 August 1848 for a future trial [at Winchester, Hampshire].
Crime: Disturbing a religious congregation during divine service.
Initial sentence: Not yet tried but imprisoned for want of bail sureties.
Petitions and letters: Annotated petition cover sheet; letter from William Barber (gaoler of Winchester Gaol) to the Home Department outlining the indictment; three petitional letters from the prisoner to the Home Office enclosing ten printed papers originated by him relating to his case; cover sheet to the above papers; further petition from the prisoner; grounds for clemency cited as his opinion that the charge is proper to the Ecclesiastical Consistory Court and not a judicial court, it is a vindictive prosecution.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 251/15
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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