Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Savage. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/63
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Savage. Prisoner age: 20. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1829 July 10 - 1830 Oct 21 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/63
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 July 10 - 1830 Oct 21
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Savage.
Prisoner age: 20.
Court and date of trial: Norfolk Lent Assizes held at Thetford in 1829.
Crime: Offence against the Game Laws; poaching by night on the premises of William Fellowes Esquire of Haverland.
Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character suspected. Belongs to a gang. Married - 1 child.'
Annotated (Outcome): 'There is nothing in this petition'. In Van Diemen's Land. Nil.
Petitioner(s): James Bingle Minister; William Savage in Van Diemen's Land undersigned by 11 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner was guilty of committing the offence under the influence of alcohol and in a moment of folly; first offence; the prisoner might have received a more lenient sentence if he had known how to conduct a defence; the prisoner is honest and industrious.
Other papers: Edmond Wodehouse Magistrate of Thorpe near Norwich, [Norfolk] asking for Savage to be kept on the hulks; letter from Mr Hay transferring petition.
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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)
- Co 13
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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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