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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner's name: William Jeyes. Prisoner's age: 27. Court and date of trial: Buckingshire...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/5
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This record is about the Prisoner's name: William Jeyes. Prisoner's age: 27. Court and date of trial: Buckingshire... dating from 1830 Aug 17 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/3/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner's name: William Jeyes.
Prisoner's age: 27.
Court and date of trial: Buckingshire Summer Assizes 1830.
Crime: Housebreaking.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character etc good.
Petitioner: 6 people of Moulton, Northamptonshire, including clergy and overseers.
Grounds for clemency: Honest, sober and industrious young man known since infancy; his employers, wife, mother and family wish him to be shown mercy.
Other papers: A letter from John Pretyman, Rector of Sherington, near Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire] supporting the petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- AP 5
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11654739/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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