Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): Thomas Crowther. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice brick maker...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/84
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- HO 17/26/84
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1829]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): Thomas Crowther.
Prisoner occupation: Apprentice brick maker to Stephen Watkins of Wellington Road, St John's Wood, [London].
Court and date of trial: [Not stated].
Crime: [Not stated].
Initial sentence: Death.
Annotated (Outcome): 'The law to take its course.'
Petitioner(s): William Crowther (prisoner's father) undersigned by Stephen Watkins (prisoner's master) a brick maker of Wellington Road, St John's Wood, [London] and 3 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's youth and inexperience; the prisoner has never committed a bad act before; the prisoner was an honest, industrious and exemplary apprentice for eight years; the prisoner was induced to commit the crime by the bad company he joined after leaving Stephen Watkins' service.
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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 34
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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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