Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Doncaster. Prisoner occupation: Agent for a Birmingham...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/141
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- HO 17/26/141
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830 Oct
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Doncaster.
Prisoner occupation: Agent for a Birmingham manufacturer.
Court and date of trial: Union Hall 10 October 1830.
Crime: Assault on a Police Constable in Rotherhithe parish 9 August 1830.
Initial sentence: Committed to the House of Correction at Kingston on the 10 October 1830 for the non payment of a fine of £40 imposed upon him for an assault.
Annotated (Outcome): Nil.
Petitioner(s): John White of Willow Walk, Hackney Road, [London].
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner's honest and good character; the prisoner's wife and five children are in distressed circumstances; the prisoner has already served part of his sentence; he came to blows with the Constable; he was sentenced to a £40 fine or one month's imprisonment and could not pay the fine.
Other papers: Letter from John Philipps of Whitehall - Robert Peel does not perceive sufficient grounds to warrant a recommendation for mercy.
Additional Information: In Kingston House of Correction.
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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 41
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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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