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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name: Henry Shoults. Prisoner age: 39. Prisoner occupation: Dealer in coals....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/169
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Henry Shoults. Prisoner age: 39. Prisoner occupation: Dealer in coals.... dating from 1829 Apr 7 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/169
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Apr 7
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Prisoner name: Henry Shoults.
Prisoner age: 39.
Prisoner occupation: Dealer in coals.
Court and date of trial: Southwark Sessions [Surrey] 7 April 1829.
Crime: Stealing a watch from Solomon Atyers (or Solomon Attias), hawker, of Whitechapel [Middlesex].
Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: Not known here. Married with four children. Ordered to the hulks.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): The convict and 108 people of Southwark. Six people of St Saviour's, Southwark.
Grounds for clemency: Convict was never before convicted of a crime; irreproachable character; prosecutor refuses to sign petition unless he paid £5; supported himself and large family; wife distressed.
Other papers: A letter from Solomon Atyers, prosecutor, stating that his signature is only valid on a petition if it has an assignment in Hebrew. A letter from Ann Shoults, the convict's wife, stating that her husband's health has deteriorated badly due to the 'laborious work he has to perform' and she asks for mitigation.
Additional Information: On board the Dolphin hulk.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Ao 19
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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