Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Hall. Prisoner age: 24. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/145
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Mar - 1832 June
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Prisoner name: William Hall.
Prisoner age: 24.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey Sessions February 1828.
Crime: Larceny of property J James, Holywell Street, Strand, a piece of Kerseymere value 3/- on 22 February 1828.
Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Not known'.
Annotated: To be pardoned [on condition] of employment being found. Term nearly expired. Free pardon prepared 2 July 1832.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner and 25 people of Abingdon, [Berkshire]. W Dodson, Vicar of Abingdon. Sir Henry Willoughby.
Grounds for clemency: First offence; previous good character; respectable family; aged father; wife about to give birth; prosecutor supports petition; got into bad company; prosecuted on first day in London; did not knock the constable down.
Other papers: Two testimonials from J James, prosecutor and H Beck and Co. 13 character references for John Hall, the convict's father, and William Hall. Sir Henry Willoughby requesting result of petition.
Additional Information: In Newgate gaol. Held on the hulk Discovery.
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- An 45
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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