Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: William Hill. Prisoner age: 21. Prisoner occupation: Coach spring...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/199
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- HO 17/2/199
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 Apr
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Hill.
Prisoner age: 21.
Prisoner occupation: Coach spring maker.
Court and date of trial: Gloucester Lent Assizes [Gloucestershire] held in April 1829.
Crime: Housebreaking - J King, prosecutor.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc supposed to be bad. Believed to have been in Gaol before.'
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Ann Hill of Bristol [Gloucestershire], the convict's mother, with 16 people including the prosecutor and a recommendation by William Burnett, previous employer.
Grounds for clemency: An unreliable witness gave evidence at the trial; character previously honest; was the 'dupe of more artful companions'; supported his widowed mother through his trade.
Additional Information: On board the Justitia hulk.
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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 49
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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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