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Prisoner name: John Robinson. Court and Date of Trial: [Northallerton Petty Sessions,...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/257/26

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This record is about the Prisoner name: John Robinson. Court and Date of Trial: [Northallerton Petty Sessions,... dating from 1849 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/257/26
Date
1849
Description

Prisoner name: John Robinson.

Court and Date of Trial: [Northallerton Petty Sessions, North Riding of Yorkshire], 27 August 1849.

Crime: Cruelty to a horse, the property of William Hall.

Initial sentence: Two months imprisonment with hard labour. Held in Northallerton House of Correction.

Outcome: 'Nil'.

Petitions and letters: Petition from 30 inhabitants of Morton upon Swale, North Riding of Yorkshire, including William Hall (prosecutor); letter from Samuel Wise (Clerk of the Peace for the Liberty of Ripon, North Riding of Yorkshire and signatory to the petition) transmitting the petition to the Home Office; grounds for clemency cited that he committed the crime under excitement of mind, he has been in the infirmary ever since his conviction, the horse has recovered and the costs and damages have been paid by his friends, the prosecutor has joined in the petition, time served.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
257/26
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19756036/

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HO 18

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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