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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 Waddington. Prisoner occupation: Outdoor apprentice to Thomas...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/35/87
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This record is about the Prisoner name: William Waddington. Prisoner occupation: Outdoor apprentice to Thomas... dating from 1828 May in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/35/87
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 May
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Prisoner name: William Waddington.
Prisoner occupation: Outdoor apprentice to Thomas Withers (nurseryman and seedsman).
Court and date of trial: Newark-upon-Trent Borough Sessions [Nottinghamshire] 12 April 1828.
Crime: Stealing peas, about two bushels of marrow-peas and some mangel-wurzels from Thomas Withers (his master) on 6 April 1828.
Initial sentence: Six months imprisonment and once to be privately whipped.
Annotated: 'Nil May 16 1828'.
Petitioner(s): 276 inhabitants of Newark-upon-Trent (convict's borough). Letter from B J Johnson to J Tollemache MP pleading the convict's case. John Waddington (father).
Grounds for clemency: Not guilty by virtue of mistaken identity; witnesses not credible; previous good character.
Other papers: Letter from John Waddington enclosing his own petition.
Additional Information: Held in the Southwell House of Correction [Nottinghamshire].
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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 37
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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/C13504480/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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