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Prisoner name: James Shrubsole; (convicted with Abel Smalley). Court and Date of...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/251/18

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HO 18/251/18
Date
1848
Description

Prisoner name: James Shrubsole; (convicted with Abel Smalley).

Court and Date of Trial: [Rochester, Kent, Petty Sessions] September 1848.

Crime: Assault, upon Frederick Valsler.

Initial sentence: Fined £5 with sureties or six weeks imprisonment with hard labour in default.

Outcome: 'Nil'.

Petitions and letters: Petition from Harriet Shrubsole (wife) undersigned by 13 inhabitants of Chatham, Kent (known to the prisoner); grounds for clemency cited as his character witnesses being unavoidably absent for his trial.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
251/18
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19755890/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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