Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Richard Hughes. Prisoner details: Aged 23. Resident of parish of Frinsted,...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/98/128
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This record is about the Prisoner name: Richard Hughes. Prisoner details: Aged 23. Resident of parish of Frinsted,... dating from 1830 Apr 30 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/98/128
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Apr 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Richard Hughes.
Prisoner details: Aged 23. Resident of parish of Frinsted, Kent.
Court and date of trial: Kent Quarter Sessions, Maidstone, April 1830.
Crime: Stealing a pig, property of Richard Hudson of Bricknor, Kent.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: Character bad. Before convicted.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): William Bottle, senior, of Harrietsham, Kent, saddler, aged 70 years.
Grounds for clemency: The prisoner has a wife and two small children to support; industrious family reduced to poverty by lack of employment in husbandry.
Other papers: Letter from Richard Hudson, the prosecutor, requesting that the full sentence be carried out.
Additional Information: Prisoner previously imprisoned for breaking into barn and stealing corn. Held in Maidstone Gaol.
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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 27
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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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