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Edwards William 23 Wales Surrey Sessions Larceny from master: stealing 5 plants in...
Catalogue reference: PCOM 2/290/130
What’s it about?
This record is about the Edwards William 23 Wales Surrey Sessions Larceny from master: stealing 5 plants in... dating from 1873 Jan 25 in the series Home Office and Prison Commission: Prisons Records, Series 1. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PCOM 2/290/130
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873 Jan 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Name (and alias if used) of prisoner
- Edwards, William
- Age
- 23
- Place of birth
- Wales
- Place/court of conviction
- Surrey Sessions
- Offence
- Larceny from master: stealing 5 plants in pots
- Sentence
- 12 calendar months hard labour
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 696/3
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9072284/
Series information
PCOM 2
Home Office and Prison Commission: Prisons Records, Series 1
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