| Description | Number: 240
Date of birth: 1852
Place of birth: Halifax
When admitted: 17 Aug 1861
Place of conviction: Halifax Petty Sessions
Date of conviction: 19 Jul 1861
Offence: stealing a pair of boots
Full sentence: 1 month's imprisonment, 5 years detention
Parents: father John McHugh, hawker, sentenced to penal servitude Oct 1860; mother Ellen, factory hand - earns about 7 shillings per week
Parents address: 18 Ratten Row, Halifax
Previous convictions: None
Particulars of discharge: 17 Aug 1866
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