Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Gibbs. Court and date of trial: Nottingham Lent Assizes [Nottinghamshire]...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/133
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Gibbs. Court and date of trial: Nottingham Lent Assizes [Nottinghamshire]... dating from 1828 May - 1828 June in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/133
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 May - 1828 June
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Gibbs.
Court and date of trial: Nottingham Lent Assizes [Nottinghamshire] 19 March 1828.
Crime: Sheep stealing - four sheep from William Weightman of Averham, Cheshire.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Nil 17 April 1828; sailed for New South Wales on the Manlius.
Petitioner(s): Elizabeth Gibbs, the convict's wife, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, with 56 others. The prisoner, of Costessey, Norfolk.
Grounds for clemency: The convict is the only support of his wife and five children under 14; no previous offence; prosecutor expressing doubts in case.
Other papers: Letter from William Gibbs to his wife [Frances Gibbs] with instructions to apply for parish relief and go to lodgings, signed by seven people. Note from William Weightman agreeing to sign petition.
Additional Information: Now in Nottingham County Gaol.
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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)
- An 33
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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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