Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Fowler. Prisoner age: 20. Prisoner occupation: Employed...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/73
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Fowler. Prisoner age: 20. Prisoner occupation: Employed... dating from 1829 July 12 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/73
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829 July 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Fowler.
Prisoner age: 20.
Prisoner occupation: Employed by a brick layer.
Court and date of trial: Lincoln City Lent Assizes 1829.
Crime: Stealing fowls.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character and connections very bad. In prison before.' Signatures to petition forged.
Annotated (Outcome): 'Signatures to petition forged.'
Petitioner(s): Reverend Richard Andrew Rector of Saint Michael's parish, Lincoln, [Lincolnshire], William Brown the Churchwarden and J W Hanson the Overseer.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner is a punctual and honest young man; the prisoner's former master gives him a very high character for honesty, sobriety and industry; throughout the prisoner's confinement his conduct has been good; the prisoner is determined to behave himself well in the future.
Other papers: Letter from Reverend Richard Andrew of Lincoln, [Lincolnshire] confirming the prisoner's bad character.
Additional Information: The prisoner is awaiting transportation on a hulk at Sheerness, [Kent].
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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 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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