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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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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Smith, aged 28 years. Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey, August... dating from 1848-1849 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/251/19
Date
1848-1849
Description

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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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
251/19
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19755891/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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