Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner's name: Alfred Hatfield. Prisoner's age: 17. Prisoner's occupation: servant....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/2
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- HO 17/3/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner's name: Alfred Hatfield.
Prisoner's age: 17.
Prisoner's occupation: servant.
Court and date of trial: Surrey Summer Assizes 12 August 1830.
Crime: Housebreaking - entering the dwelling house of John Smith and stealing a shawl worth 15/-, 4 lbs of beef and 2 loaves.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character etc bad.
Annotated: nil.
Petitioner: Alfred Hatfield, convict and 29 people of Richmond.
Grounds for clemency: Wishes to express his sorrow and contrition at such a crime; declares he is innocent; his mother is overwhelmed by grief; his youth - age 17; had to leave employment because suffers from scrofula; would be reemployed.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- AP 2
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- Public Record(s)
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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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