Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Zephania Stallard. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial: Bristol...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/173
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Zephania Stallard. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial: Bristol... dating from 1829 Apr - 1829 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/173
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Apr - 1829 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Zephania Stallard.
Prisoner age: 20.
Court and date of trial: Bristol Gaol Delivery [Gloucestershire] 6 April 1829.
Crime: Highway robbery - assaulting Antony Burgess and taking £4 10s.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Ann Stallard, the convict's mother, from Bedminster, Bristol, with 24 signatories including the prosecutor as to her good character.
Grounds for clemency: Mother has been a widow 11 years and has 17 children none of whom broke the law; led astray by his three companions; convict feels contrition for the crime.
Other papers: A letter from Ann Stallard to R Hart Davies stating that her son is dangerously ill and asking what had happened about the petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Ao 23
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- Public Record(s)
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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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