Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Peter Richards and James Young. Court and date of trial: Torrington...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/54/134
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1831 Nov 5
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Prisoner name: Peter Richards and James Young.
Court and date of trial: Torrington Michaelmas Borough Sessions, Devonshire, 17 October 1831.
Crime: Assault, on Humphrey Chapple.
Initial sentence: Three months imprisonment.
Annotated commenting on the irregularity of discharging the prisoners in this way.
Papers: Letter from Montague E Smith, prosecutor's attorney, petitioning against the convicts' discharge; he writes that the judge did not have the power to discharge the convicts after two weeks confinement as this remains the prerogative of the Crown. Letter from Thomas Wills, Mayor of Torrington, seeking guidance from the Home Department on the correct action to take.
Additional Information: Held in Torrington Borough Prison. The principal offender was Thomas Richards, who was not apprehended although a true bill of indictment was found against him.
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- IQ 21
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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