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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: Francis Peacock, aged 22 years. Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/257/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1849-1856
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 257/23
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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