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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Ambrose Parker or Ambrose Parker Orton. Prisoner age: 19. Court and...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/152
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 May 1
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Prisoner name: Ambrose Parker or Ambrose Parker Orton.
Prisoner age: 19.
Court and date of trial: Warwick Lent Assizes [Warwickshire] 1829.
Crime: Shooting at a gamekeeper.
Initial sentence: [Transportation for life] commuted to 14 years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Not known'.
Annotated: Nil May 1827.
Petitioner(s): Joseph Marshall, the convict's master, and 10 late sergeants of the 'Granadier Company' [Grenadier Guards].
Grounds for clemency: Parker got into bad company and did not realise they shot at the Earl of Denby's gamekeeper; his youth; never poached before.
Additional information: The convict's father, also called Ambrose Orton, and Joseph Marshall both served with the [Grenadier Guards]. The convict was convicted with 16 others, seven of whom were sentenced to transportation for life, and nine others sentenced to transportation for 14 years.
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- Ao 2
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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