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Catalogue description Prisoner name: Moses Samuels. Prisoner age: 36. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey on...
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| Reference: | HO 17/94/125 |
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| Description: |
Prisoner name: Moses Samuels. Prisoner age: 36. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey on 19 February 1833. Crime: Receiving stolen goods, a quantity of silk handkerchiefs. Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment in Cold Bath Fields House of Correction without hard labour. Annotated: Remission prepared 26 March 1833. Petitioner(s): Abigail Samuel of Goodmansfields Middlesex (prisoner's wife) undersigned by 20 people (names and addresses given); J Hirsekell, Chief Rabbi. Grounds for clemency: Twenty witnesses at trial spoke of good character; excellent character; judge directed jury to acquit prisoner but they found him guilty; highly respected in Jewish community; purchased handkerchiefs in all innocence; delicate health; needs to be supplied with kosher food in prison as a strict Jew. Other papers: Letter confirming details of case from Charles E Law, Common Sergeant at the Old Bailey who tried the case. |
| Date: | 1833 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | RR 14 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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