Catalogue description Prisoner name: Mary Anne Cowen. Prisoner age: Age 14. Court and date of trial: Bath...

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Details of HO 17/43/86
Reference: HO 17/43/86
Description:

Prisoner name: Mary Anne Cowen.

Prisoner age: Age 14.

Court and date of trial: Bath Quarter Sessions [Somerset], 5 January 1838.

Crime: Larceny (two indictments).

Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.

Gaoler's report: Character not known.

Annotated: Recommendation of Recorder for Penitentiary. Ordered to Penitentiary 20 January 1838.

Petitioner(s): D Jardine, Recorder for Bath.

Grounds for clemency: The prisoner is young and if removed from her bad associations, has the potential to reform.

Date: 1838 Jan 12
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Fy 33
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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