Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: George Reggitt. Court and date of trial: York Lent Assizes 25 March...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/72
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr 28 - 1828 May 5
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Prisoner name: George Reggitt.
Court and date of trial: York Lent Assizes 25 March 1828.
Crime: Horse stealing from William Pottage.
Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: 'Character good'.
Annotated: 'Nil May 16 1828'.
Papers: Affidavit by John Reggitt (brother) of Londesborough [East Riding of Yorkshire]. Letter from John Cottingham (a lawyer) transmitting the affidavit to the Home Department.
Grounds for clemency: The prosecution was made to extort money (£70) from the convict rather than to obtain justice.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- En 22
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- English
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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