Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition (the prisoner) and 1 collective petition (8 Sussex farmers)...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/67/140
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (the prisoner) and 1 collective petition (8 Sussex farmers)... dating from [1824] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/67/140
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1824]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (the prisoner) and 1 collective petition (8 Sussex farmers) on behalf of Richard Wimborn, labourer, convicted at Lewes Quarter Sessions in the County of Sussex on 4 May 1821 of stealing a fowl valued at 2 shillings. Grounds for clemency: sheltering from the rain in a thrashing machine when he saw the fowl. 60 years old - has been on the hulks for 3 years. Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation. Annotated: what character from the gaol and the hulk. MK48
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- 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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