Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas Kirkman, machinist, convicted...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/58/111
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas Kirkman, machinist, convicted... dating from 1829 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/58/111
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (prisoner) on behalf of Thomas Kirkman, machinist, convicted at the Old Bailey October Sessions 1829 of stealing a watchcase, property of George Paull watchmaker on 15 September 1829. There are also 3 affidavits that Kirkman was working for James Porter on 15 September. Grounds for clemency: prisoner was not in Paull's service on day of crime as prosecutor asserted, his sentence harsher because he supposedly robbed his employer, prisoner unprepared for this and did not bring a witness, wife has severe illness, first offence, present employer would take him back. Initial sentence: 14 years' transportation. Gaoler's report: in prison before, married, 2 children. Annotated: nil. KO11
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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