Catalogue description Prisoner name: John Marney or John Mahony. Prisoner age: 15. Court and date of trial:...

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Details of HO 17/19/11
Reference: HO 17/19/11
Description:

Prisoner name: John Marney or John Mahony.

Prisoner age: 15.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey September Sessions 1836.

Crime: Burglary, property of Joseph Stains.

Initial sentence: Death, commuted to 14 years transportation.

Petitioner(s): Mary Lovell, prisoner's sister; four people, from East London including prosecutor and prisoner's father's employer.

Grounds for clemency: The prisoner's youth (15 years); orphaned three years ago; first offence; led into crime by bad company; he had a respectable and industrious father.

Additional Information: Held in Newgate Gaol.

Date: 1836
Former reference in its original department: BX 11
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Open on Transfer

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