Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Townsend or Thomas Townsand. Court and date of trial: Hampshire...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/178
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Townsend or Thomas Townsand. Court and date of trial: Hampshire... dating from 1829 Feb - 1829 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/178
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Feb - 1829 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Townsend or Thomas Townsand.
Court and date of trial: Hampshire Lent Assizes 1829.
Crime: Sheep stealing on 1 February 1829 from Edward Witts, prosecutor.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated: No further mitigation of the sentence.
Petitioner(s): The convict.
Grounds for clemency: Found the quarter of mutton left behind in a field; if he had stolen it he would not have kept it four days before eating it; he has a witness who has since left his house; has a wife and five children; the Reverend Marshall would give him a good character.
Other papers: A letter from Colonel C W Thornton to Mr Venables asking him to plead Townsand's case to Mr Peel.
Additional Information: Held in Winchester Gaol [Hampshire].
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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 28
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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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