Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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6 individual petitions (5 from prisoner and Richard Hobden, prosecutor) and 3 collective...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/66
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This record is about the 6 individual petitions (5 from prisoner and Richard Hobden, prosecutor) and 3 collective... dating from 1829 Dec 24; 1841 Mar 6 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Dec 24; 1841 Mar 6
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6 individual petitions (5 from prisoner and Richard Hobden, prosecutor) and 3 collective petitions (13 people from Islington, 23 people plus 5 character references and 22 people) on behalf of William More [William Moore] convicted at Kent Special Assizes Maidstone in December 1829 for housebreaking against Richard Hobden of Hadlow, Kent. Gaoler's report: character not known. Grounds for clemency: first offence, distress of parents, good character of family, led into crime by 4 young men he had just met while searching for work, convicted on circumstantial evidence, no stolen property found on prisoners, good conduct since transported to New South Wales, now married with 3 children, wife came out as free settler not convict, been in exile over 11 years. Initial sentence: death commuted to life transportation. Annotated: nil. NO 17
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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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