Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner's name: John Conefry. Prisoner's age: 32. Prisoner's occupation: Trader...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/32
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- HO 17/3/32
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 10
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner's name: John Conefry.
Prisoner's age: 32.
Prisoner's occupation: Trader in earthenware and cotton.
Court and date of trial: Liverpool Quarter Sessions [Lancashire] July 1830.
Crime: Stealing purse and money 24 sovereigns and some silver.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character unknown.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner: John Conefry [John Conofry] and 7 people. A second petition from John Conefry and several character witnesses including prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency: Money lost by William Smith but only 12 sovereigns recovered; he was looking after money as Smith was drunk; usual good conduct; no previous crime; was drunk at the time; went to Cheshire in an intoxicated state and started leaping on the Sabbath; respectable wife.
Additional Information: In Kirkdale Gaol, Lancashire.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- AP 32
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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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