Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Wilson. Prisoner age: 47. Court and date of trial: Derby...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/127
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Wilson. Prisoner age: 47. Court and date of trial: Derby... dating from 1830 Aug 27 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/26/127
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Aug 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Wilson.
Prisoner age: 47.
Court and date of trial: Derby Summer Assizes 4 August 1830.
Crime: Receiving a letter containing £158 19/- which had been stolen from the Post Office by his son.
Initial sentence: Fourteen years transportation.
Gaoler's report: 'Character good.'
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): 51 inhabitants of Crich, Derbyshire.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner has always borne an excellent character; the prisoner has a wife and eight children wholly dependent on him for support; the Judge thought the prisoner should receive a less severe punishment and suggested a petition should be drawn up and that he would report favourably on the case.
Other papers: Thomas Ingle of Belper near Derby, [Derbyshire] forwarding the petition.
Additional Information: In Derby Gaol.
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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 27
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14456186/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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