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1 individual petition (Elizabeth O'Neill, the prisoner's mother) and 1 collective...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/69

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This record is about the 1 individual petition (Elizabeth O'Neill, the prisoner's mother) and 1 collective... dating from 1830 Jan 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/73/69
Date
1830 Jan 18
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1 individual petition (Elizabeth O'Neill, the prisoner's mother) and 1 collective petition with testimonial (6 people) on behalf of Francis O'Neill [Francis O'Neale] convicted at Lancaster Quarter Sessions Salford in October 1829 for stealing from Mr Fish. Gaoler's report: bad character, convicted before. Grounds for clemency: mistaken identity because prisoner always wore white hat and blue coat on Sundays and one of robbers wore same clothing, tried with 2 other prisoners Francis McCan and Thomas Ingham who swore O'Neill innocent, 5 to 6 respectable people can testify prisoner was not out of his house when robbery committed, respectable family background, prisoner chief support for widowed mother. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation. Annotated: nil. NO 20

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