Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Robert Greenslade. Prisoner occupation: Chemist and druggist. Court...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/141
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Robert Greenslade. Prisoner occupation: Chemist and druggist. Court... dating from 1828 Mar 25 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Mar 25
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Prisoner name: Robert Greenslade.
Prisoner occupation: Chemist and druggist.
Court and date of trial: Devon Lent Assizes 1828.
Crime: House breaking - stealing some sovereigns and coins from his grandmother Betty Glanville of Buckleigh, Devon.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Nil 7 May 1828.
Petitioner(s): Robert Greenslade of Exeter [Devon], a builder and the convict's father, and 22 people including Betty Glanville.
Grounds for clemency: The convict was a faithful and honest tradesman; his wife and two infant children are destitute; he was out of work; has been in prison seven months.
Additional information: The convict worked [as an apprentice] with James Henry Chandler, Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy, then of East Stonehouse, Devon, surgeon and apothecary.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- An 41
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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