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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: Sarah Penfold. Court and Date of Trial: Kent Quarter Sessions, Maidstone,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/257/21
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- HO 18/257/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1849
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Prisoner name: Sarah Penfold.
Court and Date of Trial: Kent Quarter Sessions, Maidstone, 5 July 1849.
Crime: Variously larceny or felony.
Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment with hard labour. Held in Maidstone Prison, Kent.
Outcome: 'Free pardon, 5 October 1849'.
Petitions and letters: Petition from Aretas Akers (visiting magistrate to the prison); surgeon's certificate from J Whatman of the prisoner's ill-health (consumption); grounds for clemency cited as this being likely to be fatal if she is confined for her full sentence, that her family are able to provide for her at home.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 257/21
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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