Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition (John Brasher [John Brusher] prosecutor) and 1 collective petition...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/129
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This record is about the 1 individual petition (John Brasher [John Brusher] prosecutor) and 1 collective petition... dating from 1831 Mar 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/73/129
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1831 Mar 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition (John Brasher [John Brusher] prosecutor) and 1 collective petition (6 people) with accompanying letter from Fanny Shergold wife on behalf of Henry Shergold convicted at Wiltshire Special Assizes in December 1830 for destroying machinery. Grounds for clemency: 5 children to support, prosecutor thinks sentence too severe. Initial sentence: death commuted to life transportation. Annotated: embarked on the Eleanor for New South Wales. NP 28
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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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