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Prisoner name: William Collins. Court and date of trial: Leicester Lent Assizes [Leicestershire]...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/106

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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Collins. Court and date of trial: Leicester Lent Assizes [Leicestershire]... dating from 1828 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/106
Date
1828
Description

Prisoner name: William Collins.

Court and date of trial: Leicester Lent Assizes [Leicestershire] 1828.

Crime: Burglary.

Initial sentence: Transportation for life commuted to transportation for 14 years.

Annotated: Nil.

Petitioner(s): John Collins and Charlotte Collins of Loughborough, Leicestershire, the convict's parents and 20 people who know family (some occupations given).

Grounds for clemency: Parents are very distressed; prisoner is eldest of 13 children; has wife and three children dependent on him; first crime in family.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
An 6
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024807/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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