Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Reid. Prisoner occupation: Formerly a labourer of Chipping...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/54/133
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Reid. Prisoner occupation: Formerly a labourer of Chipping... dating from 1830 Aug 29 - 1831 June 18 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/54/133
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 29 - 1831 June 18
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Reid.
Prisoner occupation: Formerly a labourer of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, now a tenant farmer in Norwood, Van Diemen's Land.
Court and date of trial: [Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions] 1823.
Crime: Sheep stealing from James Wickham.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Annotated: In Van Diemens Land.
Petitioner(s): William Reid (the convict); James Wickham (prosecutor), Edward H Parker (yeoman and former employer) with 13 inhabitants of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire.
Grounds for clemency: His good behaviour and character in Van Diemen's Land.
Other papers: A sheet of character references. Letter from B W Guise MP, transmitting the petition to the Home Department.
Additional Information: His wife and four children live with him in Van Diemen's Land.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- IQ 20
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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