Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Job Nobbs. Court and date of trial: Dorset Summer Assizes, Dorchester,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/41/59
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Job Nobbs. Court and date of trial: Dorset Summer Assizes, Dorchester,... dating from 1831 July 26 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 17/41/59
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1831 July 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Job Nobbs.
Court and date of trial: Dorset Summer Assizes, Dorchester, 1831.
Crime: Attempting to administer poison (laudanum) to his infant child with intent to murder, in district of Cerne, Dorset.
Initial sentence: [Death], commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Attention will be given to any statement he may think fit to transmit.
Petitioner(s): John Frampton of Cerne Abbas, Dorset, the prisoner's attorney.
Grounds for clemency: Facts have come to light which would have influenced the trial; petitioner will have depositions sworn.
Additional Information: Execution date set for 6 August 1831.
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FQ59
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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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