Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Sellen. Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes 1828....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/23
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Sellen. Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes 1828.... dating from 1828 Apr 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Sellen.
Court and date of trial: Kent Lent Assizes 1828.
Crime: Housebreaking. The prisoner stole pork from Mr Long of Hucking, [Kent].
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): William Sellen (prisoner) undersigned by 33 petitioners.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's conviction was based on very circumstantial evidence; he has never before committed a crime but should atone for this offence through imprisonment or labour; was only induced to commit the crime by extreme want; the prisoner's wife and four young children are in very deep distress; the prisoner is anxious for his family's future welfare and dreads the approaching separation from them.
Additional Information: The prisoner is awaiting transportation in Maidstone Gaol.
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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)
- Cn 23
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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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