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Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/99

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HO 17/30/99
Date
1825 Sept
Description

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: The Castle of Lancaster Gaol.

Names and details of prisoners:

Margaret Boys convicted of felony at Salford Quarter Sessions on 19 October 1819. Initial sentence seven years transportation; Mary Thomas convicted of felony at Lancaster Assizes held on 26 March 1819. Initial Sentence: 14 years transportation.

Gaoler's name: Thomas D Hesketh, Chairman of Visiting Justices.

Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): 'Good conduct and extraordinary merit' in the Gaol.

Annotated (Recommendation Details): Free pardon prepared September 1825.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dl 16
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463036/

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Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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