Catalogue description Prisoner name: Thomas Hitchens or Thomas Hitchings. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of...

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Details of HO 17/2/200
Reference: HO 17/2/200
Description:

Prisoner name: Thomas Hitchens or Thomas Hitchings.

Prisoner age: 17.

Court and date of trial: Sussex Lent Assizes 1829.

Crime: Assault with intent to rob Polly Jasper of Brighton [Sussex].

Initial sentence: Transportation for life.

Gaoler's report: 'Character etc bad - before convicted of burglary - single.

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): The convict and 19 people of Brighton including the prosecutrix.

Grounds for clemency: His youth; has an aged mother; convict is very sorry for his misconduct and promises to behave in future.

Additional information: Convict held on the hulk Leviathan.

Date: 1829 May 12
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Ao 50
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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