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Prisoner name: Alfred Lunnon, aged 23. Court and Date of Trial: Hertfordshire Lent...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/35

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Alfred Lunnon, aged 23. Court and Date of Trial: Hertfordshire Lent... 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 18/236/35
Date
1849
Description

Prisoner name: Alfred Lunnon, aged 23.

Court and Date of Trial: Hertfordshire Lent assizes, February 1849.

Crime: Burglary.

Initial sentence: Transportation for 14 years.

Gaoler's Report: Character bad, in prison before for assault.

Outcome: Nil.

Petitions and letters: Petition from prisoner's parents, Mary and James Lonan (sic), claiming that their son is of previous good character and seeking mercy. They request that transportation be to Bermuda or Gibraltar.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
236/35
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20897824/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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