Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Cork. Prisoner age: 19. Prisoner occupation: Employed...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/108
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Cork. Prisoner age: 19. Prisoner occupation: Employed... dating from 1830 Oct 10 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/108
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Oct 10
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Cork.
Prisoner age: 19.
Prisoner occupation: Employed by Isaac Hall a distiller of Heigham, Norfolk.
Court and date of trial: Norwich City Sessions April 1829.
Crime: Stealing money.
Initial sentence: Seven years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Bad character and very bad connections.'
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): Mary Baldwin (prosecutor) a widow and the owner of The Distillery public house of Heigham, Norwich undersigned by 2 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner has respectable, honest and industrious parents; the prisoner was led astray by persons of bad character; the punishment he has already undergone will be sufficient; distressed parents; his good conduct; would be offered employment in the event of mercy.
Other papers: J H Nixon transmitting and supporting the 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)
- Cp 8
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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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