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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: Thomas Moore, aged 19. Court and Date of Trial: Stafford Lent assizes,...
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/59
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- HO 18/236/59
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Moore, aged 19.
Court and Date of Trial: Stafford Lent assizes, March 1847.
Crime: Cutting etc.
Initial sentence: Transportation for 10 years.
Gaoler's Report: Character not known.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: Petition from Daniel Broadbent on behalf of the prisoner in Millbank. He asserts that while the two co-defendants, Elijah Wright and George Cook, were responsible for stabbing a policeman, William Hughes, at a pub brawl, Moore was merely a passer-by. Undercover police placed in the men's cell have not uncovered any evidence of his guilt. He seeks a free pardon stating Moore is of good character and has a dependent widowed mother, his father having died of a 'broken heart'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 236/59
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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