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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: John Smith, aged 28 years. Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey, August...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/251/19
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- HO 18/251/19
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1849
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Prisoner name: John Smith, aged 28 years.
Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey, August 1848.
Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house. Three indictments, of which two found not guilty.
Initial sentence: Ten years transportation. Held in Millbank Prison, London.
Gaoler's Report: 'Character not known'.
Outcome: 'Conditional pardon, seven years transportation, 29 September 1848'.
Petitions and letters: Petition from John Smith (the prisoner), two applications; judge's report on the case; grounds for clemency cited as that no evidence of the house's ownership nor the parish situated were adduced at trial, meaning that he could only be guilty of simple larceny with a maximum sentence of seven years transportation.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 251/19
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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