Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): John Thatcher. Court and date of trial: Exeter City Easter Sessions...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/40
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): John Thatcher. Court and date of trial: Exeter City Easter Sessions... dating from 1828 Apr 15 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828 Apr 15
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Prisoner name(s): John Thatcher.
Court and date of trial: Exeter City Easter Sessions 1828.
Crime: Embezzling the property of John Harvey (the prisoner's master) gunsmith of Exeter, [Devon] valued at 16/-.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Elizabeth Thatcher (prisoner's wife) of Saint George's Parish, Exeter, [Devon] undersigned by eight inhabitants of Exeter including the prosecutor.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The petitioner's wife distressed; the prisoner was seduced into committing the offence by an artful old offender; prisoner has never before committed an offence; the petition to prevent the prisoner's transportation has been signed by the prosecutor who is a respectable tradesman and the prisoner's former employer; in the event of mercy, the prisoner will once more become a useful member of society and impressed with the deepest gratitude.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cn 40
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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