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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: Matthew Somers, aged 23 years. Court and Date of Trial: Lancaster...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/251/22
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- HO 18/251/22
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1849
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Prisoner name: Matthew Somers, aged 23 years.
Court and Date of Trial: Lancaster Special Assizes, Liverpool, December 1848.
Crime: Seditious conspiracy [Chartist].
Initial sentence: Two years imprisonment and his own recognizance.
Outcome: 'Nil'. Held in Kirkdale Gaol, Liverpool.
Petitions and letters: Petition from Matthew Somers (the prisoner); report on the case by John Jervis (Attorney General) stating that the prisoner was one of the worst offenders in the conspiracy; grounds for clemency cited as his regret for the offence, his declining health, his good character, his family's destitution, he will transport himself if liberated.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 251/22
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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