Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
1 individual petition with 2 testimonials to mother's good character (Sarah Anne...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/73/133
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- HO 17/73/133
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1831]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 individual petition with 2 testimonials to mother's good character (Sarah Anne Thompson, the prisoner's mother) on behalf of William Thompson, japanner and burnisher convicted at the Old Bailey in February 1831 for stealing a coat, value £2. Gaoler's report: here before and convicted. Grounds for clemency: sole support for widowed mother with 5 young children, previous good character, be mixing with hardened criminals on hulks, would be offered work on release from prison. Initial sentence: 7 years' transportation. Annotated: nil. NP 32
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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