Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
4 individual petitions (two from the prisoner; prosecutor; Captain Brown) on behalf...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/67/116
What’s it about?
This record is about the 4 individual petitions (two from the prisoner; prosecutor; Captain Brown) on behalf... dating from 1824 Aug in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/67/116
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1824 Aug
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
4 individual petitions (two from the prisoner; prosecutor; Captain Brown) on behalf of Richard Tolkington convicted at the Old Bailey in July 1824 of forgery. Covering letter from Marquis of Conyngham forwarding petition. Grounds of clemency: lost his job when his employer moved to Brighton. Had a wife and family to support. Deeply contrite. Recommended to mercy by jury and prosecutor. Initial sentence: death. Annotated: considered at the Report in Council August 14 1824. MK23
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10537735/
Series information
HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
1,723,685 records
19,921 records
192 records
You are currently looking at the item: HO 17/67/116
4 individual petitions (two from the prisoner; prosecutor; Captain Brown) on behalf...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.