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Prisoner name: Francis Peacock, aged 22 years. Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey,...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/257/23

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Francis Peacock, aged 22 years. Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey,... dating from 1849-1856 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/257/23
Date
1849-1856
Description

Prisoner name: Francis Peacock, aged 22 years.

Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey, 17 September 1849.

Crime: Burglary.

Initial sentence: 15 years transportation.

Gaoler's Report: 'Convicted before'.

Outcome: 'Nil' [1849]; 'Discharge, Licence 3 June 1856'. Held in Millbank Prison [London], Pentonville Prison [Middlesex] and at Gibraltar.

Petitions and letters: Petition from John Peacock (father); a character for the father from three inhabitants of Shoreditch [London] (known to him); convict particulars, noting that he was especially held in Gibraltar for his exemplary character rather than being sent to Australia; grounds for clemency cited as his innocence, his previous good character.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
257/23
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19756033/

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