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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name: William Massey. Prisoner age: 20 years. Court and date of trial: Staffordshire...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/68
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Massey. Prisoner age: 20 years. Court and date of trial: Staffordshire... dating from 1828 May 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/35/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 May 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: William Massey.
Prisoner age: 20 years.
Court and date of trial: Staffordshire Lent Assizes 1828.
Crime: Highway robbery on Edward Page on the road between Wolverhampton and Tettenhall [Staffordshire] and taking from him a £1 note and some silver [coin].
Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Very bad character. He has many brothers thieves'.
Annotated: 'Nil May 16 1828'.
Petitioner(s): Joseph Massey (father, of Wolverhampton) undersigned by Edward Page (prosecutor), three former employers and 12 inhabitants of [Wolverhampton].
Grounds for clemency: His first offence; his youth and inexperience; the prosecutor joins in the petition.
Other papers: Note from [Lord] Littleton transmitting the petition to Sir Robert Peel.
Additional Information: Convicted with Joseph Williams and Thomas Clemson.
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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)
- En 18
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13504461/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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