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1 individual petition (Thomas Putt, the prisoner's father) and 1 collective petition...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/75

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This record is about the 1 individual petition (Thomas Putt, the prisoner's father) and 1 collective petition... dating from 1830 Feb 8 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/73/75
Date
1830 Feb 8
Description

1 individual petition (Thomas Putt, the prisoner's father) and 1 collective petition (2 magistrates) on behalf of William Putt convicted with Scantlebury at the Spring Plymouth Sessions for a felony involving 7lbs of old iron stolen from a ship. Grounds for clemency: previous good honest character, called respectable merchants for character witnesses at their trial, severe sentence to serve as example, good conduct in prison, wife and child have no support, father can provide employment when released, only implicated because knew Scantlebury who was mate on ship from where iron stolen. Initial sentence: 18 months imprisonment. Annotated: negative. NO 26

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11606351/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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