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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(s): William Parr. Prisoner age: 23. Court and date of trial: Kirkdale...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/49
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Parr. Prisoner age: 23. Court and date of trial: Kirkdale... dating from 1828 Apr in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1828 Apr
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Prisoner name(s): William Parr.
Prisoner age: 23.
Court and date of trial: Kirkdale [Lancashire] Epiphany Quarter Sessions, January 1826.
Crime: Offence against the Game Laws, namely shooting game at night in a preserved cover on the estate of Lord Skelmersdale in [January 1826].
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Unknown, on board Discovery - orderly'.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Parr is not a fit object of mercy'. Nil.
Petitioner(s): Thomas Woodcock of Wigan [Lancashire] (employer of the convict's relatives).
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He is very penitent; Thomas Woodcock will take him into his employment if he is liberated; he is [only] a young offender.
Other papers: A page with Home Department notes. A letter from Lord Skelmersdale (victim) against mitigation of sentence.
Additional Information: He was apprehended with five other persons who were all sentenced to unspecified terms of transportation of which three were commuted to imprisonment in the Penitentiary. He was held on board the Discovery convict hulk.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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