Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Samuel Pendleton. Prisoner age: 58. Prisoner occupation: Hatter....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/50
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Mar
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Prisoner name(s): Samuel Pendleton.
Prisoner age: 58.
Prisoner occupation: Hatter.
Court and date of trial: Lancashire Lent Assizes, Lancaster, 20 March 1821.
Crime: Forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange.
Initial sentence: Death recorded and commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Lately mitigated to 14 years'; 'Nil Apr 10 1828'.
Petitioner(s): Mary Pendleton (wife) undersigned by four parish ministers and ten merchants of Manchester [Lancashire]. Letter from Mary Pendleton transmitting her petition, supported by a 'Note explanatory' listing the merchants' details.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He was the victim of craft and deceitfulness of fraudulent men; his previous good character; his wife and seven small children are in the deepest penury and distress; he has served half his [mitigated] sentence.
Additional Information: Held on board York convict hulk.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Bn 50
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- English
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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