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Prisoner name: Richard Elderfield. Court and date of trial: Berkshire Lent Assizes...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/117

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This record is about the Prisoner name: Richard Elderfield. Court and date of trial: Berkshire Lent Assizes... dating from 1828 Apr 9 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/2/117
Date
1828 Apr 9
Description

Prisoner name: Richard Elderfield.

Court and date of trial: Berkshire Lent Assizes 1828.

Crime: House breaking.

Initial sentence: Death commuted to 12 months imprisonment.

Annotated: Nil 17 April 1828.

Petitioner(s): 15 people of Hagbourn, Berkshire.

Grounds for clemency: No previous crime; 'deeply sensible' of his disgraceful situation.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
An 17
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024818/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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