Catalogue description Prisoner name: Edward Brown . Prisoner age: 16. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey July...

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Details of HO 17/15/43
Reference: HO 17/15/43
Description:

Prisoner name: Edward Brown.

Prisoner age: 16.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey July Sessions 1821.

Crime: Highway robbery.

Initial sentence: Not stated.

Annotated (Outcome): Three months imprisonment.

Petitioner(s): Sophie Brown, prisoner's mother.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner's grandmother Henrietta Crowther was housekeeper at King's House in Lyndhurst [Hampshire] for 20 years; lent an apron to a man who left stolen bundle in it; previous good character.

Other papers: Letter from William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, forwarding the petition.

Date: 1821 July 23
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Bh 43
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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