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Prisoner Name: Charles Brackell, aged 21. Court and Date of Trial: Middlesex sessions...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/275/27

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This record is about the Prisoner Name: Charles Brackell, aged 21. Court and Date of Trial: Middlesex sessions... dating from 1850 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 18/275/27
Date
1850
Description

Prisoner Name: Charles Brackell, aged 21.

Court and Date of Trial: Middlesex sessions at Westminster, 10 April 1849.

Crime: Stealing from the person.

Initial Sentence: 10 years transportation.

Gaoler's Report: Twice before convicted of felony.

Outcome: Nil.

Petitions and letters: Petition from the prisoner, in Millbank, claiming he was in great distress at the time of the robbery. He is now sorry for what he’s done and asks for a shortened sentence.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
275/27
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21077090/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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