Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/44
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 17/30/44
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1818 - 1819]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: The Bellerophon hulk.
Names and details of prisoners:
Thomas Ford aged 12, convicted at Middlesex on 7 April 1818 of stealing in a dwelling house. Initial sentence: transportation for life; Robert Taylor aged 61 convicted at Middlesex on 2 December 1818 of stealing 121 trees. [C R] Initial sentence: transportation for life; James Francis aged 43 convicted at Middlesex on 7 July 1819 of stealing 2 saddles. Initial sentence: transportation for 14 years; William Fidler aged 26 convicted at London on 27 October 1819 of embezzling from his employer. Initial sentence: 14 years transportation.
Gaoler's name: S Owen.
Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): [None given].
Annotated (Recommendation Details): 'The sentence of the first two to be mitigated to 14 years and the two latter to seven years transportation.' Free pardon.
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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 44
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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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