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Gaol Record Detail For: John Leonard
| Record ID: | 11071 | |
| Commital Year: | 1853 | |
| Reference Doc: | BLARS QGV10/3 | |
| ID in Reference Doc: | 2199 | |
| Age: | 19 | |
| Gender: | Male | |
| Height: | 5 feet 3 inches | |
| Hair Colour: | Brown | |
| Eye Colour: | Dark Grey | |
| Complexion: | Fresh | |
| Visage: | Round | |
| Identifying Features: | Small cut on right wrist. Mother, Louisa Leonard, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire | |
| Occupation: | Labourer | |
| Education: | Read Imperfectly | |
| Marital Status: | Single | |
| Birth Town: | Guilden Morden | |
| Birth County: | Cambridgeshire | |
| Residence(town/village): | Guilden morden | |
| Residence(county): | Cambridgeshire | |
| Offence: | On 17th Jan.1853 at Eynworth feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the house of William Saville and stealing 100 Sovereigns and one silver watch value 2 pounds and maliciously beating and wounding W.Saville and Mary his wife being therein | |
| Committed By: | R.Lindsell Esquire | |
| Comments on Commital: | further examination, fully committed 25th Jan.1853 | |
| When Committed: | 22/01/1853 | |
| Trial/Conviction Date: | 03/03/1853 | |
| Trial Type: | Assizes | |
| Type of Gaol: | Bedford, New House of Correction | |
| Sentence: | Death recorded commuted to Transportation for 15 Years | |
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