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2 individual petitions (Mary Mobbett, prisoner's mother and John Mobbett, prisoner's...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/4/96

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This record is about the 2 individual petitions (Mary Mobbett, prisoner's mother and John Mobbett, prisoner's... dating from 1835 Feb 4; 1835 June 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/4/96
Date
1835 Feb 4; 1835 June 18
Description

2 individual petitions (Mary Mobbett, prisoner's mother and John Mobbett, prisoner's father) and accompanying letter from Mr Handley on behalf of Thomas Mobbett, bricklayer, convicted at the Lincolnshire Quarter Sessions at Sleaford in October 1833 for stealing 6 pigeons. Gaoler's report: character very bad, twice acquitted of felony. Grounds for clemency: fallen into bad company, penitent, parents destitute without son to support them, no reply received to previous petition signed by 42 [43] residents of Sleaford. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Annotated: nil. AV 5

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English
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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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