Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Morris alias William Tonge. Prisoner age: 60. Court and date...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/37
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Morris alias William Tonge. Prisoner age: 60. Court and date... dating from 1821 May - 1821 June in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 May - 1821 June
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Prisoner name: William Morris alias William Tonge.
Prisoner age: 60.
Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes [Lancashire] 16 March 1821.
Crime: Uttering forged notes - having in his possession 2 £1 notes on 14 March.
Initial sentence: 14 years' transportation.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner; William Woodburn of Manchester [Lancashire].
Grounds for clemency: Has distressed wife and young family; good character; no previous crime; received no compensation for procuring information about detecting 'redaculs' [Radicals] especially Hunt's trial at York; asks to remain at Woolwich as health would not stand the voyage to 'the Bay'.
Additional Information: On board Justitia. The convict is from Middleton near Manchester. The convict is stated to be an Orangeman.
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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 37
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- Public Record(s)
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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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