Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (4 people including prosecutor)...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/4/75
What’s it about?
This record is about the 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (4 people including prosecutor)... dating from 1833 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/4/75
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (4 people including prosecutor) on behalf of Thomas Foster convicted at the Old Bailey in December 1833 for housebreaking against William Keyser, [lime manufacturer]. Gaoler's report: character not known. Grounds for clemency; led into crime by ill health and poverty, suffering from lung complaint now in prison, another convict William Childs was the main participant in crime, information supplied by prisoner led to Childs being charged with earlier offences, previous good conduct in army. Initial sentence: death commuted to life transportation. Annotated: nil. AT 23
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10537885/
Series information
HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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