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 previous...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/4/97
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (4 people including previous... dating from 1835 Feb 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/4/97
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835 Feb 18
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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 previous employers) on behalf of William Penny, printer, convicted at the Old Bailey in January 1835 alongside Thomas Kerr for burglary against John Walker of Whitechapel Road [London]. Grounds for clemency: brought disgrace on respectable parents, led astray by bad company, previous employers can testify to his hard work as printer for past 10 years, no time at trial to call good character witnesses. Initial sentence: death commuted to life transportation. AV 6
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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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