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Prisoner Name: Thomas Dowler, aged 34. Court and Date of Trial: Birmingham sessions,...

Catalogue reference: HO 18/275/37

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This record is about the Prisoner Name: Thomas Dowler, aged 34. Court and Date of Trial: Birmingham 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 18/275/37
Date
1850
Description

Prisoner Name: Thomas Dowler, aged 34.

Court and Date of Trial: Birmingham sessions, 17 October 1849.

Crime: Larceny after previous conviction. ‘Stealing an Iron Chok’.

Initial Sentence: 7 years transportation.

Gaoler's Report: Millbank. ‘Before convicted’.

Outcome: Nil.

Petitions and letters: The prisoner claims he is not guilty as the prosecutor had employed him and loaned him the tools, but did not pay him for his work. He was never imprisoned before. His wife and children are reliant on him.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
275/37
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21077100/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II

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