Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
9 individual petitions (four from the prisoner and five from the prisoners' father)...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/67/98
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This record is about the 9 individual petitions (four from the prisoner and five from the prisoners' father)... dating from 1824 Jan 1 - 1825 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/67/98
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1824 Jan 1 - 1825 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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9 individual petitions (four from the prisoner and five from the prisoners' father) and 1 collective petition (13 inhabitants of Clerkenwell) on behalf of James Such convicted at Cambridge Quarter Sessions in January 1824 of obtaining property from William Newby, bookseller of Trinity Street Cambridge, by deception. Grounds for clemency: prisoner has been in gaol for six months. 24 years of age. Formed a connection with a person called Hales which was the cause of the prisoner being convicted. Prisoner was a student of Trinity College and in consequence of the conviction he is consigned to infamy and disgrace. Respectable parents who are distressed and anxious. Father tries to get son released but mayor states his conduct has been bad. Initial sentence: two years' imprisonment. Annotated: 'Nil.' MK4
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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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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