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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: David Shiels. Court and Date of Trial: Edinburgh Sheriff's Court,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/251/25
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This record is about the Prisoner name: David Shiels. Court and Date of Trial: Edinburgh Sheriff's Court,... dating from 1848 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 18/251/25
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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: David Shiels.
Court and Date of Trial: Edinburgh Sheriff's Court, Edinburghshire, 6 September 1848.
Crime: Not stated.
Initial sentence: 40 days imprisonment and to find surety to keep the peace or suffer a further twenty days imprisonment.
Outcome: 'Nil'.
Petitions and letters: Petition from Hugh McCulloch (known to the prisoner) with a folio of 17 signatures affixed and with a surgeon's certificate of delirium tremens also affixed; letter from Hugh McCulloch transmitting his petition to the Home Office; letter from [Lord Grey] forwarding the papers from Downing Street [London] to the Home Office.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 251/25
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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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