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1 individual petition (Mary Atkins, wife of the prisoner) on behalf of John Atkins,...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/40/104

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This record is about the 1 individual petition (Mary Atkins, wife of the prisoner) on behalf of John Atkins,... dating from 1830 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HO 17/40/104
Date
1830
Description

1 individual petition (Mary Atkins, wife of the prisoner) on behalf of John Atkins, labourer, convicted at Warwick in October 1830 for theft of a duck and fowls. Grounds for clemency: the prisoner, an unemployed labourer, was induced to carry a bag of poultry in ignorance of the fact that the contents (farmyard fowls) had been stolen. Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation. Gaoler's Report: character not known. Annotated: nil. FP1

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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