Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name(s): William Relfe (Relf) ; Thomas Forster (Foster). Prisoner age:...
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/93
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- HO 17/30/93
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825 Feb - 1828 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name(s): William Relfe (Relf); Thomas Forster (Foster).
Prisoner age: Relf 20; Forster 34.
Court and date of trial: Maidstone Lent Assizes March 1825.
Crime: Obstructing Lieutenant Hamilton an Officer in the Blockade Service in execution of his duty; smuggling, February 1825.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to seven years transportation.
Annotated (Outcome): Sentence commuted to seven years transportation; nil.
Petitioner(s): James Relf, father of William, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent; Mary Forster, wife of Thomas Forster and 27 people of Eastchurch and Leysdown on behalf of both prisoners; James Relf, father of William Relf and 24 people.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoners regret their 'unlawful and improper conduct'; Relf regrets his 'unlawful and improper conduct; has served several years of his sentence.
Other papers: A letter from Theo Wood to Mr Panton Corbett, M P for Shrewsbury forwarding the petitions.
Additional Information: On board the York at Gosport; 1827 Relf now on board the Hardway at Gosport; Thomas Forster died before April 1827.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Dl 10
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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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