Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Jacob Parsons. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice. Court and date of...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/153
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Jacob Parsons. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice. Court and date of... dating from 1829 Mar - 1829 Apr 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)
- 1829 Mar - 1829 Apr
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Prisoner name: Jacob Parsons.
Prisoner occupation: Apprentice.
Court and date of trial: Devon Lent Assizes 1829 held at Exeter 17 March 1829.
Crime: House breaking at Dodbrook [Devon].
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Nil May 1829.
Petitioner(s): Jacob Parsons and Elizabeth Parsons, the convict's parents, from Goveton, Devon. J Rowe, defence solicitor.
Grounds for clemency: First offence; friends industrious and honest; brought up by parents to 'fear God and honour the King'.
Other papers: Character reference signed by nine people.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ao 3
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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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