Catalogue description Prisoner name: Patrick Kelly. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December 1837. Crime:...

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Details of HO 17/43/68
Reference: HO 17/43/68
Description:

Prisoner name: Patrick Kelly.

Court and date of trial: Old Bailey December 1837.

Crime: Larceny, stealing silver articles to the value of £3 from James Wilce, poulterer and cheesemonger of Glasshouse Street, 16 November 1837.

Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment.

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): The prisoner.

Grounds for clemency: The prisoner was not stealing but saving items from a fire, and the jury was misdirected.

Correspondence: Case report from William St Julien Arabin, Judge. Character references from J Reed, [N Staton], William Bayle, John Gayleard, James Currey, N White and George Bubb. Covering letter from J Reed.

Date: [1838 Jan]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Fy 15
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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