Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition (Mary Matthews, mother) and 1 collective petition (4 people)...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/119
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (Mary Matthews, mother) and 1 collective petition (4 people)... dating from 1832 Mar 15 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/73/119
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832 Mar 15
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (Mary Matthews, mother) and 1 collective petition (4 people) on behalf of William Reaman [William Henry Matthews] convicted at the Old Bailey on 9 January 1831 for stealing a handkerchief from J W Edginton on 27 December 1830. Gaoler's report: in prison before. Grounds for clemency: falsely accused of stealing handkerchief when picked it up, real culprit disappeared, gave false name to protect family and friends from shame, keeper at Newgate was wrongly told that parents wanted prisoner to be transported, no one to speak on his behalf at trail. Initial sentence: 14 years' transportation. Annotated: nil. NP 18
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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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