Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: John Pettet. Prisoner occupation: Carpenter. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/155
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- HO 17/2/155
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Apr - 1829 May
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Prisoner name: John Pettet.
Prisoner occupation: Carpenter.
Court and date of trial: Old Bailey April Sessions 1829.
Crime: House breaking - burglary of the house of Sarah Howarth.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation or life.
Annotated: Considered at Report in Council 13 May 1829. Nil 2 June 1829.
Petitioner(s): The prisoner and 18 people of London. The prisoner. The prisoner and nine others.
Grounds for clemency: He was invited to enter the house; someone else must have done it; industrious and honest character; no previous offence.
Additional Information: In Newgate Gaol.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ao 5
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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