Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: James Wrigley. Prisoner age: 21. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice machine...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/188
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- HO 17/2/188
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Jan - 1829 May
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Prisoner name: James Wrigley.
Prisoner age: 21.
Prisoner occupation: Apprentice machine maker.
Court and date of trial: Derbyshire Quarter Sessions held at Derby 15 January 1829.
Crime: Offence against the Game Laws - being out on the estate of John White on 24 December 1828 with intent to kill game.
Initial sentence: Seven years' transportation.
Annotated: He will be detained onboard the hulks and not sent out of the country if he behaves well.
Petitioner(s): Betty Wrigley of Hyde, Cheshire, the convict's mother, with 27 others.
Grounds for clemency: Good character; his employer James Mills and his mother can vouch for his exemplary behaviour; no previous offence; got drunk on the night in question and was led astray by the others; his widowed mother deprived of her only means of support.
Other papers: Letter from George Peel of Ardwick [Lancashire] transferring and supporting the petition.
Additional Information: Indicted with Robert Barker and Samuel Swindells.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Ao 38
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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