Catalogue description Prisoner name(s): Barnard Stimpson . Prisoner age: 14. Court and date of trial:...

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Details of HO 17/47/35
Reference: HO 17/47/35
Description:

Prisoner name(s): Barnard Stimpson.

Prisoner age: 14.

Court and date of trial: Berkshire Summer Assizes held at Abingdon July 1833.

Crime: House breaking stealing 9 halfpennies from Ann Hartwell.

Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character very bad, convicted before.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Barnard and Rebecca Stimpson , parents, of Abingdon and 70 people of Abingdon including the prosecutrix.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): His youthful age; ask for him to be kept in the country for long enough for him to reform.

Other papers: Reverend Nathaniel Dodson transferring and supporting the petition.

Date: 1833 July 21
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Gs 35
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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