Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Henry Williams. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Newgate...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/8
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Williams. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Newgate... dating from 1821 Mar - 1821 Jul in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 Mar - 1821 Jul
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Henry Williams.
Prisoner age: 22.
Court and date of trial: Newgate [Middlesex] 6 June 1821.
Crime: Housebreaking - stealing various articles from the house of Mr Bruce on 30 March 1821.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Considered by Lord Sidmouth 30 July 1821, nil.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner and four others of Middlesex.
Grounds for Clemency: He got into bad company; was undefended at his trial although defence counsel and solicitor were employed; previous good character; has respectable friends.
Additional Information: Now in Newgate gaol.
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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)
- Ah 8
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024709/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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Prisoner name: Henry Williams. Prisoner age: 22. Court and date of trial: Newgate...
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