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Prisoner name(s): Patrick Duffey. Court and date of trial: Longford [Ireland]....

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/36

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): Patrick Duffey. Court and date of trial: Longford [Ireland].... dating from 1821 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/30/36
Date
1821
Description

Prisoner name(s): Patrick Duffey.

Court and date of trial: Longford [Ireland].

Crime: Horse stealing.

Initial sentence: Transportation.

Annotated (Outcome): Considered at meeting of Lord Justices 18 October 1821.

Petitioner(s): Ann Duffey, wife of Dublin.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He was brought to trial before he had time to bring forward witnesses; he bought the horse at Edgerston Fair, County Longford; the wife is 'a poor woman with a helpless family'.

Additional Information: Duffey is on the Convict Ship at Cove.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dh 36
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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