Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
2 individual petitions and accompanying letter (prisoner and Townsend Ince, chairman...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/71
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This record is about the 2 individual petitions and accompanying letter (prisoner and Townsend Ince, chairman... dating from 1830 Jan 30; 1831 May 24 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/73/71
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Jan 30; 1831 May 24
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2 individual petitions and accompanying letter (prisoner and Townsend Ince, chairman of adjourned Court of Quarter Sessions for Chester) and 1 collective petition (3 visiting magistrates Townsend Ince, Charles Morrall and Richard Gerrard Perryn) on behalf of William Parkinson, shop keeper, convicted at Chester Summer Assizes on 2 September 1829 for the manslaughter of Joseph Fletcher, miller. Grounds for clemency: 81 years old, in poor health, suffering from cancer near the eye, unlikely to survive time in prison, widower with 4 children one of whom is confined in lunatic asylum supported by prisoner. Initial sentence: 2 years imprisonment. Annotated: nil: remission prepared 4 June 1831 answered 7 June. NO 22
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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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