Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
A character reference signed by 43 people of Bruton, Somerset, including churchwardens...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/58/51
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This record is about the A character reference signed by 43 people of Bruton, Somerset, including churchwardens... dating from 1828 Aug 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Aug 18
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A character reference signed by 43 people of Bruton, Somerset, including churchwardens and overseers for Charles Hellier convicted at Somerset Summer Assizes in 1828 of being accessory before the fact to robbery. There is also a letter transferring the reference. Grounds for clemency: a man of honest and industrious habit, petitioners have known him since a child. Initial sentence: death commuted to transportation for life. Annotated: nil. KN1
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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