Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Thomas Symes and John Symes. Prisoner age: Thomas Symes 21; John Symes...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/84
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- HO 17/35/84
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 May 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Thomas Symes and John Symes.
Prisoner age: Thomas Symes 21; John Symes 19.
Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes, Taunton 1828.
Crime: Burglary, in the dwelling house of James Beazley (draper) at Wells [Somerset].
Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Thomas Symes: character and former course of life good. John Symes: character and former course of life bad, in custody before for felony.
Annotated: Nil.
Petitioner(s): Hannah Symes (mother) and Elizabeth Symes (sister).
Grounds for clemency: Previous good conduct; the mother is aged and debilitated; their first offence.
Other papers: Letter from John Coleridge transmitting the petition to the Home Department.
Additional Information: John Symes charged about 12 months previously with picking the pocket of William Hanfield of Cheddar [Somerset] but the indictment was found not to be a true bill. The convicts are brothers.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- En 34
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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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