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1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (27 people from the Seven...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/59/65

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This record is about the 1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (27 people from the Seven... dating from [1832 Jan 14] in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/59/65
Date
[1832 Jan 14]
Description

1 individual petition (prisoner) and 1 collective petition (27 people from the Seven Dials area of London) on behalf of Samuel Dudley, dealer in marine stores, convicted before magistrate William John Broderiss for Middlesex for unlawfully possessing 16 lbs of stolen horse hair on 13 January 1832. There is a warrant for the transfer of the prisoner to the House of Correction at Cold Bath Fields Middlesex. Grounds for clemency: respectable tradesman who has been in the area for 20 years, wife and 4 children to support, duped by Gashin into taking horse hair without finding out where it came from, both arrested. Initial sentence: 6 weeks imprisonment with hard labour. Annotated: nil. KQ 16

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Language
English
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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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