Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Park Howlett ; Thomas Bushell. Prisoner details: Aged 26 (Howlett),...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/98/127
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Park Howlett ; Thomas Bushell. Prisoner details: Aged 26 (Howlett),... dating from 1830 May 7 - 1834 Sep 19 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/98/127
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 May 7 - 1834 Sep 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Park Howlett; Thomas Bushell.
Prisoner details: Aged 26 (Howlett), 21 (Bushell).
Court and date of trial: Norfolk Lent Assizes, Thetford, 1830.
Crime: Poaching.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character bad, connected with poachers.
Annotated: Conduct good on board the Leviathan. Free pardon 23 October 1834.
Petitioner(s): Thomas Bushell, the prisoner.
Grounds for clemency: The prisoner's youth; first offence; ill health, as testified by extract from surgeon's report.
Correspondence: Letter from magistrates of Wymondham, Norfolk, stating that prisoners are of bad character and part of a poaching gang, two of whom have already been transported. Covering letter with petition from Thomas Bushell, the prisoner, on board Racoon hospital ship, Gosport [Hampshire].
Additional Information: Thomas Bushell held on Leviathan hulk, then on Racoon hospital ship, Gosport. Park Howlett transported.
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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 26
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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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