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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): James Finch, Eliza Beard, Mary Moreland of Windsor, Berkshire....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/45
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): James Finch, Eliza Beard, Mary Moreland of Windsor, Berkshire.... dating from 1819 - 1821 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/45
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1819 - 1821
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): James Finch, Eliza Beard, Mary Moreland of Windsor, Berkshire.
Prisoner age: Finch: 73; Moreland: 61.
Prisoner occupation: James Finch: hangman at Lancaster Castle.
Court and date of trial: James Finch: Salford March Assizes 1809; Eliza Beard: General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at Salford on 17 July 1820; Mary Moreland: Adjourned General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at Salford, Lancaster on 19 July 1819.
Crime: James Finch: stealing in a bleaching ground to the value of over 10s; Eliza Beard: larceny - stealing 3 pairs of stockings property of Cornelius Ramsden of Manchester; Mary Moreland: felony - stealing from Mrs Mulliner of Salford a steel purse value 1d containing 4/6d.
Initial sentence: Finch: not stated.
Beard: Seven years transportation.
Moreland: Seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): All 'to be pardoned 8 October 1821'.
Petitioner(s): Lord Stanley, Foreman of the Grand Jury of the County of Lancaster recommending the convicts for a remission of their sentences; Mary Moreland; James Finch; Eliza Beard.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Finch: his advanced age and infirmities; has been confined 12 years; he is 'truly sensible of his transgressions'; asks to spend rest of his days under the care of his daughter; Moreland: her advanced age and good character; nothing stolen was found on her; she has been a widow 10 years; no previous offence; respectable family; has already served two years; Beard: she was destitute having married a person who wasted her money and left her while subject to epileptic fits; she is very sorry for the trouble she has caused and for her continuing care as she is still subject to fits; she asks to go into the workhouse or infirmary where she can be cared for.
Other papers: Deposition of John and Hannah Mulliner and 8 others asking for Mary Moreland to be released; affidavit of Isaac Hardman, Stipendary (sic) Magistrate at New Bailey Court House Salford as to John and Hannah Mulliner's signatures.
Additional Information: Mary Moreland convicted with Mary Ann Ashton, John Moreton and George Wakeman; James Finch and Eliza Beard in the Castle of Lancaster.
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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 45
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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