Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner's name: William Churchill. Court and date of trial: Somerset Summer Assizes...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/28
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- HO 17/3/28
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner's name: William Churchill.
Court and date of trial: Somerset Summer Assizes at Wells, 20 August 1830.
Crime: Robbery [highway robbery] stealing a pair of small clothes from John Burton.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to imprisonment for one year.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner: William Churchill and Elizabeth Churchill, the prisoner's parents and 21 people.
Grounds for clemency: Contrition; did it for a frolic as it was election day in Bath; both prisoner and prosecutor were drunk together; no violence involved; family large and poor; father served in the army and awarded a pension; prisoner in poor health.
Other papers: Character certificate from previous employers: Bennett and Company, Tea Dealers and Coffee Roasters, Bath.
Additional Information: Now in Ilchester County Gaol.
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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 28
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11654762/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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