Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): John Clifton. Court and date of trial: Sussex General Quarter...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/29
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): John Clifton. Court and date of trial: Sussex General Quarter... dating from 1821 Sept in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/29
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821 Sept
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): John Clifton.
Court and date of trial: Sussex General Quarter Sessions held in May 1821.
Crime: Assault and riot at Heyfield Fair.
Initial sentence: 6 months imprisonment.
Annotated (Outcome): Remission prepared September 1821.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He has no plea to offer; he has suffered in body and mind.
Other papers: Certificate from Daniel Watkins, Surgeon that Clifton is in the last stages of consumption and would be more comfortable with a change of air.
Additional Information: In Lewes 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)
- Dh 29
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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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