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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Hollingshead. Prisoner details: Aged 33. Court and date of...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/98/125
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Thomas Hollingshead. Prisoner details: Aged 33. Court and date of... dating from 1830 Mar 26 - 1859 Apr 15 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/98/125
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Mar 26 - 1859 Apr 15
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Hollingshead.
Prisoner details: Aged 33.
Court and date of trial: Huntingdon Lent Assizes [Huntingdonshire] 1830.
Crime: Breaking into the Bank of St Neots and stealing money, property of Messrs Foster and Co, Bankers, Cambridge.
Initial sentence: Transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Character bad.
Annotated: Considering that he has been in exile since 1830, I think he may be pardoned, 4 April 1859.
Petitioner(s): Thomas Hollingshead, the prisoner. Eliza Hollingshead of Walworth, the prisoner's wife.
Grounds for clemency: The prisoner is innocent; arranged for money to be returned but duped by prosecutors into not providing effective defence.
Other papers: Letter from Robert Smith, Justitia hulk, concerning identity of prosecutors' agents. Letter from Eliza Hollingshead, stating that her husband has arrived in Calais [France], having had a conditional pardon for the past ten years. Certificate of free pardon dated 15 April 1859.
Additional Information: Prisoner held on board Justitia hulk at Woolwich [Kent]. Transported to Van Diemen's Land on board Southworth, 23 June 1830.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- SO 24
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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