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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: John Peters. Prisoner age: 18. Court and date of trial: Bristol Gaol...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/154
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- HO 17/2/154
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829; 1841
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Prisoner name: John Peters.
Prisoner age: 18.
Court and date of trial: Bristol Gaol Delivery [Gloucestershire] 5 April 1829.
Crime: Highway robbery of Anthony Burgess of £4 10s.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Nil 9 May 1829.
Petitioner(s): William Peters, the convict's father and 13 people including prosecutor. Anthony Burgess, prosecutor. William Peters, father and 15 people of Bedminster [Gloucestershire] with character reference for William Peters.
Grounds for clemency: The convict's father has brought up his children 'in a correct and proper manner'; the convict protests his innocence; Henry Bishop who gave evidence against Peters has twice been indicted; the convict's father lost a leg in 1805 and has been a pensioner since; the high reward offered for the discovery of the offender affected his being convicted.
Other papers: Certificate that William Peters is a Pensioner to the Chest at Greenwich, signed by John Bourshier, Joshua Ellison and G Spearing. Letter from Bush and Prideaux forwarding petition with annotation by Mr R Hart Davis supporting it.
Additional Information: Convict sent to New South Wales.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ao 4
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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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