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Prisoner name: Giles Hooper. Prisoner details: Aged 64, served in navy and army for...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/98/126
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Giles Hooper. Prisoner details: Aged 64, served in navy and army for... dating from 1830 May 8 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/98/126
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 May 8
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Giles Hooper.
Prisoner details: Aged 64, served in navy and army for seven years, now a pensioner.
Court and date of trial: Exeter City Gaol Delivery [Devon], 1830.
Crime: Maliciously cutting and maiming.
Initial sentence: Death, commuted to six months imprisonment.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Giles Hooper, the prisoner, undersigned by six inhabitants of Exeter, including his former battalion commander, testifying to his good character.
Grounds for clemency: The prisoner has a wife and five children to support; previous good character; intoxicated when committed the offence.
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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)
- SO 25
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13500232/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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Prisoner name: Giles Hooper. Prisoner details: Aged 64, served in navy and army for...