Catalogue description Prisoner name: James Brown, real name James Bentote. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date...

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Details of HO 17/121/58
Reference: HO 17/121/58
Description:

Prisoner name: James Brown, real name James Bentote.

Prisoner age: 22.

Court and date of trial: Kent Summer Assizes, August 1838.

Crime: Stealing handkerchief from the person of William Merritt of the Kent Road.

Initial sentence: 10 years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Not known here but supposed bad character from London.

Annotated (Outcome): Nil.

Petitioner(s): Two petitions from James Bentote of 1 Sale Street, Bethnal Green, the prisoner's father, the first undersigned by seven inhabitants, the second by six inhabitants of Bethnal Green and district.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character; first offence; led astray by another.

Additional Information: Prisoner held in Maidstone gaol. See HO 17/121/60 for petition of Richard Beale.

Date: 1838 Aug - 1839 Oct
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Xy 9
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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