Prisoner name: George Harrison. Court and date of trial: Oxford Quarter Sessions, January 1838. Crime: …

Description: Prisoner name: George Harrison. Court and date of trial: Oxford Quarter Sessions, January 1838. Crime: Disturbing Dissenting Congregation at Burford, Oxfordshire. Initial sentence: £20 fine. Annotated (Outcome): Recommended to Treasury 29 December 1838. Petitioner(s): W Ashurst of Waterstock, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, Chairman on behalf of the Visiting Magistrates of Oxford County Gaol. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is a pauper of very weak intellect; the prisoner has suffered adequate imprisonment for the offence.

Date: 24/12/1838

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