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Prisoner name(s): Watkin Edwards. Court and date of trial: [Not stated]. Crime:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/26/143

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Watkin Edwards. Court and date of trial: [Not stated]. Crime:... dating from 1830 Oct 23 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/26/143
Date
1830 Oct 23
Description

Prisoner name(s): Watkin Edwards.

Court and date of trial: [Not stated].

Crime: Smuggling.

Initial sentence: [Not stated].

Annotated (Outcome): In Dover gaol. Nil.

Petitioner(s): Two petitions from Jane Coombs (prisoner's mother) of 2 Semaphore Place, Portsmouth, [Hampshire].

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner has never before committed an offence; the severity of the last winter and a growing family induced him to commit crime; the prisoner deeply regrets his former conduct the prisoner has always borne a character for honesty, sobriety and industry; has a wife and three small children; he has already endured seven months' imprisonment.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cp 43
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14456202/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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