Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Joseph Hollinshead. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial: Chester...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/2/201
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Joseph Hollinshead. Prisoner age: 26. Court and date of trial: Chester... dating from 1829 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/2/201
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Joseph Hollinshead.
Prisoner age: 26.
Court and date of trial: Chester Spring Quarter Sessions [Cheshire] 1829.
Crime: Horse stealing - property of Joseph Steele.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to 14 years' transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character etc good - married 4 children; ordered to hulks.'
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): The convict and seven people of Macclesfield [Cheshire] including the prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency: Respectable parents of good character; he realises the wickedness of his crime; leaves a wife and four children without support; feels repentance and will never do it again.
Other papers: A letter from Jane Hollinshead, wife of James Street, Macclesfield, forwarding the petition.
Additional Information: In Chester Castle Gaol. The convict is from Macclesfield.
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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 51
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024902/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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