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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: George May [or John May]. Court and date of trial: Surrey Michaelmas...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/60
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This record is about the Prisoner name: George May [or John May]. Court and date of trial: Surrey Michaelmas... dating from 1825 Oct - 1827 Jan in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/60
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- 1825 Oct - 1827 Jan
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Prisoner name: George May [or John May].
Court and date of trial: Surrey Michaelmas Sessions held at Kingston upon Thames 18 October 1825.
Crime: Stealing a buck's skin at Carshalton [Surrey] value 2s from Peter Pharaoh and Benjamin Ashman.
Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character from gaol - unknown; has behaved well within hulks December [1826].
Annotated: To be further considered in October; free pardon prepared January 1827.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner and 26 inhabitants of Tooting and Mitcham, Surrey.
Grounds for clemency: Acknowledges justness of sentence; wife was confined to bed at time of crime; he was in arrears with his rent; no previous crime; good character till now; has aged and distressed parents.
Other papers: James Moore forwarding petition. A letter from John Pytches stating prisoner's innocence.
Additional Information: In Horsemonger Gaol, Surrey then at Woolwich. The convict is from Mitcham, Surrey.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Am 10
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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