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Prisoner name(s): William Eddins. Prisoner age: About 32. Court and date of trial:...

Catalogue reference: HO 17/30/105

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This record is about the Prisoner name(s): William Eddins. Prisoner age: About 32. Court and date of trial:... dating from 1823 - 1825 in the series Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 17/30/105
Date
1823 - 1825
Description

Prisoner name(s): William Eddins.

Prisoner age: About 32.

Court and date of trial: Oundle Summer Assizes 1823.

Crime: Burglary.

Initial sentence: Death commuted to imprisonment for three years with hard labour.

Annotated (Outcome): 'Let him be discharged'; remission prepared October 1825.

Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): 'His extraordinary diligence and merit'.

Other papers: A copy of Eddins' conditional pardon.

A printed recommendation of the Justices of the Peace for Huntingdon to Royal Mercy signed by R Sherard, Clerk of the Peace.

Recommendation from the Justices of the Peace to mercy of Eddins.

Recommendation of the Court of Quarter Sessions for the County of Huntingdon in favour of Eddins enclosing the above.

Additional Information: In the House of Correction Huntingdon.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Dl 22
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14463042/

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HO 17

Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I

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