Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board Discovery...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/99
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This record is about the Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board Discovery... dating from 1827 Jan; 1827 Feb in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/99
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827 Jan; 1827 Feb
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Description (What the record is about)
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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board Discovery hulk.
Convict details: John Carter, aged 30, convicted at Ely [Cambridgeshire] on 17 February 1823 of stealing beans.
Convict details: Richard Curtis, aged 20, convicted at Worcester [Worcestershire] on 3 March 1823 of stealing linen.
Convict details: Thomas Wilson, aged 29, convicted at Appleby on 5 March 1823 of street robbery.
Convict details: Joseph Price, aged 32, convicted at Warwick [Warwickshire] on 5 April 1823 of stealing a watch.
All sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Recommendation submitted by: [Illegible] Commander and D Jones, Chaplain. Recommended by John H Capper, Superintendent.
Grounds for clemency: The convicts have served more than half of their sentence and shown quiet, orderly and good conduct on board; recommended by the Commander and principal officers of the hulk.
Annotated: Free pardon prepared February 1827.
Other papers: A letter from D Cresswell, D D of Vicarage House, Enfield [Middlesex] supporting Carter's release.
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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)
- Am 49
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024800/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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