Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/68
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- HO 17/26/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 June 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: General Penitentiary.
Names and details of prisoners:
Samuel Turner convicted at the Old Bailey on the 7 April 1825.
Thomas Philips convicted at the Old Bailey on the 19 May 1825.
John Lockwood convicted at the Old Bailey on the 30 June 1825.
John Smith convicted at Croydon on the 4 August 1825.
William Jones convicted at Clerkenwell on the 12 September 1825.
William Cook convicted at the Old Bailey on the 15 September 1825.
Henry Clegg convicted at Sheffield on the 24 October 1825.
Joseph Boak convicted at the Old Bailey on the 27 October 1825.
Gaoler's name: Lord Skelmersdale, the Chairman of the General Penitentiary's committee, is recommending the prisoners for pardon.
Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): The prisoners' good behaviour in the General Penitentiary over a three or four year period; all the prisoners have friends to receive them or situations provided for them in the event of a pardon; all the prisoners are due for release in 1830.
Annotated (Recommendation Details): Free pardon 30 June 1829.
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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 18
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- Public Record(s)
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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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