Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner's name: John Dawe. Prisoner's age: 23. Court and date of trial: Devon Summer...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/3/34
What’s it about?
This record is about the Prisoner's name: John Dawe. Prisoner's age: 23. Court and date of trial: Devon Summer... dating from 1830 Aug 30; 1830 Nov 10 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/3/34
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 30; 1830 Nov 10
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner's name: John Dawe.
Prisoner's age: 23.
Court and date of trial: Devon Summer Assizes at Exeter Castle 1830.
Crime: Horsestealing from John Squires of Broadwood.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character not known.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner: Two petitions from William Dawe, the prisoner's father; four witnesses of William's character; John Squires, the prisoner's prosecutor and 18 people.
Grounds for clemency: Aged father (60) distressed by his father's crime; son's youth; prosecutor does not believe Dawe committed the crime and had got into bad company.
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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 34
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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/C11654768/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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