Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 collective petition (John Moffett and Susanah Moffett, the prisoner's parents)...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/65
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This record is about the 1 collective petition (John Moffett and Susanah Moffett, the prisoner's parents)... dating from 1830 Jan 20 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/73/65
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Jan 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 collective petition (John Moffett and Susanah Moffett, the prisoner's parents) on behalf of Elliston Moffett [Ellison Moffett] convicted at Surrey Winter Assizes Kingston upon Thames on 29 December 1829 for stealing a gold chain, bracelets and a gown and veil, property of Thomas Buckley, her master. Grounds for clemency: only 17 years old, first offence, previous good character, honest respectable parents who set a good example, committed crime in moment of weakness on impulse, ran away and later arrested in Portsmouth. Initial sentence: death commuted to life transportation. Annotated: nil. NO 16
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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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