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[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
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Prisoner name(s): William Brooks. Prisoner age: 33. Prisoner occupation: Labourer....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/100
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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Brooks. Prisoner age: 33. Prisoner occupation: Labourer.... dating from 1825 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 17/30/100
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825
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Prisoner name(s): William Brooks.
Prisoner age: 33.
Prisoner occupation: Labourer.
Court and date of trial: Chester Summer Assizes 1825.
Crime: Cutting and maiming Peggy Rhodes, wife of John Rhodes of Stockport.
Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for life.
Annotated (Outcome): Day of execution Saturday 17 September 1825.
Petitioner(s): Prisoner 16 people of Stockport including the prosecutor; George Brooks, father; 39 members of the Stockport Troop of Hussars of the King's Volunteer Legion.
Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Prisoner had served 12 years with the 3rd King's Own regiment of Dragoons; was discharged and returned home to his parents; was previously respectable; feels the disgrace he has brought on himself and the need to reform; good character in the Volunteers.
Other papers: Note of a respite for Brooks (no names), day of execution Saturday 17 September 1825; Jonathan Hunt forwarding certificate.
Additional Information: In the Castle of Chester.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Dl 17
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463037/
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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