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2 collective petitions (Samuel Preece and Ann Preece, prisoner's parents and 26 people)...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/58/118

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This record is about the 2 collective petitions (Samuel Preece and Ann Preece, prisoner's parents and 26 people)... 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 17/58/118
Date
1829
Description

2 collective petitions (Samuel Preece and Ann Preece, prisoner's parents and 26 people) on behalf of Thomas Preece convicted at Worcester Quarter Sessions on 20 October 1820 of stealing 4 elm boards property of Mary Calder. There are also two letters from Mary Calder requesting that Preece should be confined in England; and a letter from Samuel Preece enclosing the petition. Grounds for clemency: parents aged, poor but honest and very distressed, brought up family properly, only offence, a temporary aberration. Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation. Annotated: nil. KO18

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The National Archives, Kew
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Language
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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